Government equality watchdog pays white staff £1,000 more than ethnic minority employees
THE Government quango that oversees workplace equality pays white staff £1,000 more than ethnic minority workers.
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission is tasked with helping companies tackle salary gaps between different groups.
But its own payroll figures show white employees earn £43,141 on average while black and ethnic minorities (BME) get £42,017. It also pays women less than men.
Male BME employees typically earn £43,273 to female BME staff’s £40,510.
Men in general receive £120 more a year than women although chief exec Rebecca Hilsenrath takes home £120,000.
EHRC research titled The Ethnicity Gap in 2017 said pay differences between white and BME staff are “arguably” caused by “discrimination”.
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The organisation, which has 167 staff, gets £17million in government funding.
It said: “To suggest ethnic minority staff earn less than white staff at EHRC is misleading. As a small organisation, these figures are sensitive to small changes in staffing and one or two can skew the figures.”
It insisted women earn £1.03 for every £1 that men earn.
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