Reporting gender pay inequality is not the same as tackling it
In my first job I received £7,500 a year and a sharp lesson in the gender pay gap. A male colleague, I found out within a few weeks of starting, was on £8,500 a year – even though we had the same qualifications and had arrived at the firm within a few days of each other. I was furious, and so asked my employers why. The excuse was quite creative – my colleague had a car to run, while I did not. Did they not think I might have been able to afford a car if my salary had nudged closer to his?