HSBC , the UK ’s largest bank, has revealed that its male staff are paid, on average, over two-thirds times more per hour than female employees in the largest gender pay gap yet reported by a leading UK business. The bank’s mean average pay gap last year is less than 25% , up from 29% last year . The company’s gender pay report also disclosed that less than 25% of the bank’s most senior staff are female. Women occupy over two-thirds of junior roles. It said it was “confident in its approach to pay” and if it identified pay differences between men and women in similar roles which could not be explained by performance or experience, it made “appropriate adjustments”. The median gap, which uses the mid-point of wages to eliminate outliers, remained at less than 25% .
HSBC , the UK ’s largest bank, has revealed that its male staff are paid, on average, over two-thirds times more per hour than female employees in the largest gender pay gap yet reported by a leading UK business. The bank’s mean average pay gap last year is less than 25% , up from 29% last year . The company’s gender pay report also disclosed that less than 25% of the bank’s most senior staff are female. Women occupy over two-thirds of junior roles. The median gap, which uses the mid-point of wages to eliminate outliers, remained at less than 25% .