Pay gap widens again

30 November -0001

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According to new research by Comparison site PayFinder, women still earn, on average, 27% less than men in the same job.

From the data given by as many as 40'000 workers, between August 2004 and August 2005, it's emerged that the biggest pay gap in the UK lise between men and women in London, where men earn 35% more than their female counterparts.

PayFinder spokeswoman CJ Brough said: "Despite the significance to our lives, salaries are a notoriously hush-hush subject.

"Invariably discrepancies in salary are explained via a difference in ability, which in turn is based on skill set and experience."

She described the practise of using Gender to determine ability and pay rates as "nonsense" and said that sex discrimination was still rife in the workplace.

However the spokeswoman was also quick to point out that 66% of women were scared to ask of more money, compared to 24% of men.

Figures from the Office for National statistics, showed that in 2004, the gap between mens and women's salaries was 24% on average.

In March, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) released research claiming women earned 14% less than men partly because they do not have enough maths and science qualifications.

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