Women aged 18 to 20 in manual jobs already earn 18 per cent less a week than young men of the same age. The gap in non-manual work is nine per cent. And the bigger picture on pay shows that it gets worse as they get older. Women who work full-time earn on average 18 per cent less an hour than men. For part-time female workers the situation is even worse - they earn 40 per cent less an hour than full-time men.
Three key reasons for this gap have been identified. Firstly, sometimes women are paid less for a job that is worth the same pay as a man's. This is straightforward discrimination, and we are urging employers to review their pay systems.
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