Big names among worst offenders as gender pay gap narrows slightly

EasyJet said the reason for the size of the gender pay gap was that so many of its pilots were men
EasyJet said the reason for the size of the gender pay gap was that so many of its pilots were men
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Asos, Savills and easyJet are among the big companies with the highest gender pay gaps in Britain as figures reveal a second consecutive year of narrowing pay differences.

The median pay gap shrank to 9.8 per cent in the year to last April, from 10 per cent a year earlier, research by The Times suggests. The analysis of organisations ranging from private companies to charities and government bodies, shows that on average women earned 90.2p for every £1 men earned.

It means that “gender pay day” — the day when women effectively stop being paid, based on the average gender pay gap — would be November 23 this year.

The vast majority of industries pay men more than women on average, with the pay gap