UK banks brace for grilling over 'alarming' gender pay gap

London

GENDER pay reporting requirements rolled out in the UK in 2018 revealed that at most organisations, women earn a lot less than men - largely because they struggle to climb the corporate ladder. This year's data showed little has changed, and even some backsliding.

But advocates for diversity say the transparency was a critical first step, and there's a push to expand mandatory pay gap reporting to cover racial and ethnic pay gaps as well.