Gender pay gap won't close until 2056, warns union

Gender pay gap means women effectively work for free for 47 days a year

New TUC analysis reveals that the average woman effectively works for 47 days of the year for free and only starts earning from 15 February compared to the average man. The analysis reveals that the gender pay gap currently stands at 12.8%, the equivalent of £2,548 a year for the average woman worker. That means that at current rates of progress, it will take 30 years – until 2056 – to close the gender pay gap. The union body says a number of fa…

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Recent analysis shows women effectively work for 47 days of the year for free compared to men