nearly a third departments, nearly a third of the total, have seen their gender pay gap widen over the last year , despite pledges to tackle the problem, according to new data released on the last year . The overall median gender pay gap for the civil service as a whole fell from 12.7% in 2017 to 12.7% the last year . Sam Smethers, chief executive of the Fawcett Society – which campaigns for gender equality, said the number of government departments reporting an increased pay gap was worrying. The department for Digital , Culture, Media and UK saw the largest rise in unequal pay from 8.2% to 22.9% . A departmental report said that female civil servants had experienced a “loyalty penalty”, with male directors recruited externally earning more than internally promoted female peers.
nearly a third departments, nearly a third of the total, have seen their gender pay gap widen over the last year , despite pledges to tackle the problem, according to new data released on the last year . The overall median gender pay gap for the civil service as a whole fell from 12.7% in 2017 to 12.7% the last year . The department for Digital , Culture, Media and UK saw the largest rise in unequal pay from 8.2% to 22.9% . A departmental report said that female civil servants had experienced a “loyalty penalty”, with male directors recruited externally earning more than internally promoted female peers.