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28/10/2005
Women ‘less happy’ with pay
Women are less likely to be satisfied with their take home pay than men, a survey has revealed.
Over one in four female employees said that they were unhappy with their pay, compared to one in five male workers.
However, in spite of this, women were found to be less likely to complain about their pay – only 39% of female respondents said that they had discussed their pay with their manager in the past year, compared to 44% of men.
Nearly 4,000 people responded to the survey, conducted by online salary checker PayWizard – a project run by the Trades Union Congress and Incomes Data Services.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Yet again, it appears that women are getting a raw deal at work when it comes to pay, feeling underpaid and less likely to take their bosses on over the issue.
“There is some good news for employees fortunate enough to work in unionised workplaces though, they have less to worry about when it comes to pay. Not only are they likely to earn more per hour than workers in non-unionised firms, they also don’t have to worry about plucking up the courage to ask for a pay rise. Their union does this for them.
“But elsewhere, workers are clearly feeling undervalued.”
Alastair Hatchett, Head of Pay Services at IDS, said: “There could be many reasons why women are less likely to confront their bosses about a pay rise. It could be because they lack self-confidence or because in many workplaces, there aren’t the structures in place to facilitate it.
“In many workplaces, women tend to be in low-paid part-time positions and the men tend to be the ones earning the biggest salaries. In this kind of environment, a low-paid woman is less likely to ask her boss for a raise.”
Workers can check their salary against that of people doing similar jobs across the UK on the PayWizard website. The site also provides advice and information on the minimum wage, tax credits, equal pay and holiday pay.
The site can be accessed at: www.paywizard.co.uk
(KMcA/SP)
Over one in four female employees said that they were unhappy with their pay, compared to one in five male workers.
However, in spite of this, women were found to be less likely to complain about their pay – only 39% of female respondents said that they had discussed their pay with their manager in the past year, compared to 44% of men.
Nearly 4,000 people responded to the survey, conducted by online salary checker PayWizard – a project run by the Trades Union Congress and Incomes Data Services.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Yet again, it appears that women are getting a raw deal at work when it comes to pay, feeling underpaid and less likely to take their bosses on over the issue.
“There is some good news for employees fortunate enough to work in unionised workplaces though, they have less to worry about when it comes to pay. Not only are they likely to earn more per hour than workers in non-unionised firms, they also don’t have to worry about plucking up the courage to ask for a pay rise. Their union does this for them.
“But elsewhere, workers are clearly feeling undervalued.”
Alastair Hatchett, Head of Pay Services at IDS, said: “There could be many reasons why women are less likely to confront their bosses about a pay rise. It could be because they lack self-confidence or because in many workplaces, there aren’t the structures in place to facilitate it.
“In many workplaces, women tend to be in low-paid part-time positions and the men tend to be the ones earning the biggest salaries. In this kind of environment, a low-paid woman is less likely to ask her boss for a raise.”
Workers can check their salary against that of people doing similar jobs across the UK on the PayWizard website. The site also provides advice and information on the minimum wage, tax credits, equal pay and holiday pay.
The site can be accessed at: www.paywizard.co.uk
(KMcA/SP)
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