Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Ghadia said it’s “outrageous” that some law and accountancy firms exclude their highest-paid partners when disclosing gender imbalances in staff pay.
Companies including law firm Linklaters LLP and accountants EY have revealed gender pay gaps that are markedly lower than the handful of banks to have reported data. But that’s partly because the firms class their top-earning partners as owners rather than employees, allowing them to be kept out of the figures.