Tag: pay gap

New research reveals COVID-19 disproportionately impacts BAME marcomms career prospects and threatens to widen pay gap further

Stuart Mitchell

New research released by networking group People Like Us has revealed that BAME marcomms professionals are under both a greater financial and emotional strain than the rest of the industry. They are having to take deeper pay cuts than average (+18%), which could threaten to widen the pay gap that already stands at 20% in London where the majority of professionals are based; and are lacking confidence in their employers, the media, and future career prospects. BAME marcomms professionals did, however, indicate that they feel more supported by each other and…

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Mayor of London vows to tackle ‘injustice’ of pay inequality

Stuart Mitchell

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has stepped up his fight against pay inequality in the capital by publishing for the first time ever comprehensive data on the pay gap affecting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees for all organisations in the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group, making it among the first employers in the UK to do so. Alongside this data, Sadiq has today revealed how he plans to tackle the ethnic pay gap across the organisations under his control – and called on other businesses and public…

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