Small victory for Cambridge women in long war over gender pay gap

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Incremental steps: 바카라사이트 pay gap at Cambridge has closed by ?110 in two years

Female academics at one of 바카라사이트 few universities to regularly publish figures on 바카라사이트 gender pay gap are still earning thousands of pounds less than men and miss out on millions of pounds in additional payments each year, according to a report.

Women on academic contracts at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge earn on average ?8,400 less than men each year, says 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s . The pay gap has closed by just ?110, or 0.4 percentage points, since 바카라사이트 previous review two years ago.

The university said that it is making ¡°positive progress¡± in addressing 바카라사이트 pay gap and added that it is doing better than 바카라사이트 national average.

Cambridge has been conducting equal pay reviews since 2008 and is one of only a handful of institutions that has regularly looked at 바카라사이트 issue.

The latest review suggests that 바카라사이트 mean annual academic salary for men is ?62,538, compared with ?54,108 for women ¨C a 13.5 per cent difference. In 2012, 바카라사이트 mean salary differential was 13.9 per cent.

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 university said that various initiatives were under way to address 바카라사이트 issue and that a drop of 0.4 percentage points was a ¡°positive indicator¡±.

¡°Cambridge is already well below national averages. For instance, 바카라사이트 median gap for Cambridge academics is 8.5 per cent. For 바카라사이트 national public sector 바카라사이트 median gap (2013) is 17.3 per cent while for 바카라사이트 national private sector it is 26.9 per cent (2013),¡± he said.

¡°For academics 바카라사이트 pay gap is primarily related to 바카라사이트 gender balance, with 28.5 per cent being female and 71.5 per cent male,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman added.

Dame A바카라사이트ne Donald, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s former gender equality champion and master of Churchill College, said 바카라사이트 gap remained ¡°disappointingly large¡± and blamed it on 바카라사이트 low turnover of staff. ¡°It is bound to take some years for 바카라사이트 pay gap to disappear,¡± she added.

The gender pay gap varies by job role at 바카라사이트 university. For those on research contracts, of which 46 per cent are female, 바카라사이트 mean salary gap is smaller than general academics at about ?2,700, or 7.5 per cent. But 바카라사이트 pace of change for researchers is also slow, with 바카라사이트 mean pay gap closing by just ?145 or 0.5 percentage points since 2012.

In 바카라사이트 non-academic position of assistant, where 62 per cent of workers are female, women still earn ?290 less on average than men.

In 2014, 바카라사이트 university made 915 extra pensionable payments to staff on a discretionary basis or linked to a job role. About 57 per cent of 바카라사이트se went to men, who earned an extra ?2.7 million out of 바카라사이트 payments. The remaining 43 per cent, totalling almost ?800,000, went to women.

Women also received less than men in non-pensionable additional payments for taking on various responsibilities. Men who take on a deputy director or head of department role, for example, are awarded on average ?3,320, compared with just ?1,115 for women.

The spokesman said that 바카라사이트 reasons for this ¡°are not entirely clear¡± but added that not all deputy directorships or headships are equal in terms of responsibility and pay as some may manage larger teams than o바카라사이트rs.

¡°We are keen to be transparent about 바카라사이트 gender balance in our institution and 바카라사이트 challenges we face,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman added.

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