What the pay gap report really means
The UK pay gap data is an important first step, not the last word
The pay gap revolution is upon us. From April 2018 all UK companies with 250 or more employees need to publish a comparison of men and women’s average pay across the organisation (you can look them up at gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk). Obviously, this is a good thing – anything that cuts out a place to hide for casual misogyny, unconscious bias and outright sexism can’t hurt. But don’t read too much into the figures just yet.