London — British companies must dramatically ramp up efforts to close the gender pay gap, equality campaigners said on Thursday ahead of a midnight deadline for organisations to report pay differences between male and female staff.
Hundreds of organisations had not filed figures by Thursday afternoon. Those that fail to comply risk legal action. “It is disappointing, but not surprising, that there are so many employers … with large pay gaps and that these pay gaps aren’t being closed,” said Sam Smethers, CEO of the Fawcett Society, a charity that campaigns on equal pay.Smethers said the government should make it compulsory for employers to publish strategies on how they will close their pay gaps. She urged them to introduce more generous leave for fathers and make every job flexible, unless there was a strong business case not to.
Men in Britain earn on average 17.9% more than women, according to the government data for 2018, down from 18.4% in 2017.
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