The gap involving the pay scale to gender ratio has narrowed by 5 percentage points in India, a report has said, but women in the same official position as men earn 20% less for doing the same work, the report added.
The gap involving the pay scale to gender ratio has narrowed by 5 percentage points in India, a report has said, but women in the same official position as men earn 20% less for doing the same work, the report added.
A Monster.com report revealed that the current gender pay gap in India stands at 20% where men earned a median gross hourly salary of Rs. 231, while women earned Rs. 184.8.
"The gap has narrowed by about five percentage points from 24.8 % in 2016," said the latest Monster Salary Index data.
The index also revealed that gender pay gap in India increases with work experience.
"While men with 0-2 years of experience earned 7.8% higher median wages than women, men with 6-10 years of experience earned 15.3% more. Men with 11 and more years of experience earned 25 % higher median wages than women," a statement said.
This index was complimented with the findings from the second annual survey titled Women of India Inc. also undertaken by Monster.com, it said.
Sharing his views on the findings, Abhijeet Mukherjee, CEO, Monster.com - APAC and Gulfs, said: "...As high as 40 % women expressed that men fear being judged by their male peers and choose to support gender equality only in private...
"The bright side is that 44 % men confirm that they can be effective advocates for gender initiative programs at workplace."
The "Women of India Inc." survey witnessed maximum share of participation from Delhi NCR at 24 %, followed by Mumbai (22 %) and Bengaluru at 20 %. The participation from non-metros was at 36 %.
Last July, British media firm BBC landed in trouble after documents revealed that its top male presenter was paid five times more than his female counterpart.
"You have said that you will "sort" the gender pay gap by 2020, but the BBC has known about the pay disparity for years. We all want to go on the record to call upon you to act now," more than 40 women wrote to the BBC's director general, Tony Hall.
The BBC had not wanted to disclose information which it said would make it easier for rival broadcasters to poach talent, but bowed last week to the government's demand to publish the salaries of its highest earners.
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