Lawyers’ gender pay gap grows!
May 27, 2008
There has been some research into how much women and men get paid in the legal industry recently and the results are rather shocking.
Men are now getting paid 32% more than women, this is more than double 12.5% which is the official national gap.
The research which was done by the Law Society, the professional association in England and Wales showed that a male solicitors average annual pay was £60,000 compared to a females which was £41,000.
I am certainly against paying different wages for men and woman and beleive that gender should not have a part to play within a role.
The results however didn’t shock me too much as this is probably going on in a lot of work places where they have stuck to their old fashioned ways and has been going on for years.
Katherine Rake, the director of Fawcett Society which is a group that campaigns for sexual equality has said:
“The paucity of senior flexible roles, the long working hours culture, and plain old fashioned discrimination all conspire to shut women out of the boardroom and reduce their wage packet.”
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