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UK ethnic minority workers underpaid £3.2bn a year

By Caoimhe Toman

Date: Thursday 27 Dec 2018

UK ethnic minority workers underpaid £3.2bn a year

(Sharecast News) - Ethnic minority workers in the UK paid less than their white counterparts are losing out on £3.2bn a year, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Comparing pay among non-graduates, Pakistani and Bangladeshi men face the biggest gap at £1.91 an hour, or 14% less. For some graduates the difference was even larger, with black men earning £3.90 an hour, or 17% less.

The report follows new requirements for businesses to disclose the salary differences between male and female workers and calls for similar measures to be put in place regarding the difference in pay between ethnic groups.

"We now need greater accountability on the ethnic pay gap," said Kathleen Henehan, research and policy analyst at the Resolution Foundation.

"The government can make this happen by requiring large firms to report their BAME pay gaps alongside the reporting they're already doing on gender. The results should give firms an extra incentive to tackle these issues."

The Equality and Human Rights Commission found that only 3% of employers measure their disability and ethnicity pay gaps.

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