Tomorrow is class pay gap day, a chance to highlight the gulf that separates professional earnings
Many of Britain’s professional workplaces share a shameful secret. Working-class employees are paid an average of £6,718 a year less than those from better-off backgrounds even when they are doing the same job.
Those on the receiving end of this class pay gap are being hit by a double whammy as the cost of living crisis also eats into their incomes. Employers and the government need to take urgent action on both to stop hundreds of thousands of workers from being undervalued and underpaid.
