Bloomberg Law
April 16, 2018, 3:20 PM UTC

Hidden Gender? London Lawyers Are Divided Over True Pay Gap

Suzi Ring

• Top 25 U.K. law firms reported an average 20 percent pay gap • Firms face criticism for not including partners in numbers

The numbers came in and, at first glance, they weren’t the worst: The average gender pay gap for the largest 25 U.K. law firms by revenue was 20 percent.

That was far from the full picture.

As companies raced to report gender pay gap statistics in recent weeks tocomply with new U.K. laws, an unforeseen issue unfolded. While most banks published gaps of more than 40 percent, law firms appeared to fare much better. That was until ...

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