Giving Publishing a Bad Name : A Study of Gender Pay Gap and Gender Segregation

Sammanfattning: This essay has examined the mandatory annual gender pay gap reports published by five of the UK’s biggest publishing organisation. In 2017, a new government legislation concerning gender pay gap transparency was enforced. This legislation states that organisations with an employment number of 250 or more are required to report on their gender pay gap annually. The first of these annual reports were due by March 30 th , 2018. These reports include median and mean average gender pay gap, as well as gender pay gap for bonuses. In addition to this, the reports need to include percentage of the proportion of men and women employed in each quartile. The aim of this essay was to compare these reports in regards to each other, as well as to the UK average gender pay gap to see if there were any substantial differences. The essay also wanted to study sticky floors, glass ceilings and gender segregations to see if these were visible in the publishing industry.