Women in Lancashire earn less than men, new figures released ahead of Equal Pay Day have revealed but one Central Lancashire town does buck the trend...
Office for National Statistics figures show women in Lancashire were earning an average of £14.35 per hour as of April, while men were paid £16.12 – a gap of 11%. In Lancashire men’s wages saw an annual growth of 5.9%, while women earned 5.2% more than they did a year ago. The gender pay gap in Lancashire is higher than the national average which stood at 8.2% this year, with male workers making £18.14 per hour and female workers earning £16.65.
2%, while women earned 10% more than they did a year ago, reducing the gap. What is Equal Pay Day? Equal Pay Day will be marked on November 22 this year, after which “women start working for free until the end of the year,” Jemima Olchawski, chief executive at the Fawcett Society said. She added: “This is just 48 hours later than last year and represents a glacial shift in the gender pay gap of just 0.2 percentage points.
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