Independent, Nov 19, 2020
‘Where bosses are able to award bonuses, there is clearly more bias towards men. These figures may indicate discriminatory practices,’ says expert
High street chains are giving male employees far heftier bonuses than their female workers, a troubling new report has found.
A bonus is a payment given to employees in addition to their base salary - with many such lumps of money handed out during the Christmas period.
The report, which was carried out by The Equality Trust, found scant progress had been made on improving gender pay gaps.
The study discovered an increase of 179 per cent of the average gender bonus gap among companies which chose to reveal their figures.
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