UK Gender Pay Gap Widens as Childcare Costs Worsen ‘Motherhood Penalty’
UK companies have taken a step backward when it comes to gender parity, a PwC report finds.
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The UK's gender pay gap has widened as sharp increases in the cost of childcare has worsened a "motherhood penalty", pricing many women out of work altogether, according to a new report.
The nation's average pay gap widened by 2.4 percentage points to 14.4% in 2021, accountancy giant PwC found in its Women in Work index.