Women earn 73 per cent of men's salaries

From: The Independent - London | Date: June 10, 1999| Author: Cherry Norton Social Affairs Correspondent | Copyright information

WOMEN IN Britain earn less than three-quarters as much as men for equivalent work, according to new research. British women who work full-time earn 73.7 per cent of men's salaries, even lower than the European average of 76.3 per cent, putting Britain in 10th place out of the 15 EU countries in the survey.

The biggest discrepancy is in Greece, where women earn only 68 per cent as much as men. The Lander of the former East Germany have the smallest pay gap, with women being paid 89.9 pe...

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