{"id":5799,"date":"2018-12-27T00:29:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T00:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/britains-ethnic-workers-face-3-2bn-pay-penalty\/"},"modified":"2018-12-27T00:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T00:29:47","slug":"britains-ethnic-workers-face-3-2bn-pay-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/britains-ethnic-workers-face-3-2bn-pay-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s ethnic workers face \u00a33.2bn ‘pay penalty’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Britain’s black and ethnic minority workers face a “pay penalty” and earn less than white colleagues in the same jobs, according to a research group.<\/p>\n

A report from the Resolution Foundation says overall the 1.6m BAME workers are paid about \u00a33.2bn less than their white counterparts every year. <\/p>\n

It used data from a survey of 100,000 people over 10 years.<\/p>\n

The government says it is planning measures to help employers tackle ethnic disparities in the workplace.<\/p>\n

The Resolution Foundation report calls on the government to follow its initiative requiring companies with more than 250 employees to publish gender pay gaps<\/a> highlighting the different treatment of male and female employees by doing the same according to ethnic background. <\/p>\n

It noted that BAME workers have long earned less, on average, than white male workers, due in part due to differences in qualification levels and the types of jobs they do.<\/p>\n

But the foundation said its “pay penalty” calculation took into account factors including industry sector, occupations, contract types, education level and degree attainment of individual workers.<\/p>\n

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The foundation’s research says the biggest impact was on black male graduates, who were paid 17%, or \u00a33.90 an hour, less compared to their white peers.<\/p>\n

Pakistani and Bangladeshi male graduates earned an average of 12% less an hour, while among female graduates, black women were said to face a pay penalty of \u00a31.62 an hour, or 9%.<\/p>\n

Among non-graduates, Pakistani and Bangladeshi men were reported to be the worst affected. The research said they earned \u00a31.91 an hour, or 14%, less than white colleagues, with black male non-graduates \u00a31.31 an hour, or 9%, worse off.<\/p>\n

Kathleen Henehan, research and policy analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said: “A record number of young BAME workers have degrees, and a record number are in work.<\/p>\n

“However, despite this welcome progress, many… face significant disadvantages in the workplace.” <\/p>\n

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it supported the mandatory reporting of staff recruitment, retention and promotion by ethnicity.<\/p>\n

A government spokesperson said “diversity is good for businesses” and it is committed to ensuring the workplace “works for everyone”.<\/p>\n

They added: “We’ve introduced new laws to help companies ensure the make-up of their boards and senior management is representative of their workforces and we’re currently consulting on proposals for mandatory ethnicity pay reporting as part of a series of measures to help employers tackle ethnic disparities in the workplace.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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