Two in five Black employees are affected by ethnicity pay gaps at their organisations, a study has found.
The research by Glassdoor, which looked at data from 2,000 employees in April this year, found that 43 per cent of Black employees had experienced a pay gap at their company, or believed it exists there.
In contrast, almost three in five (57 per cent) white workers thought there was no ethnicity pay gap at their company.
Additionally, half (51 per cent) of Black employees said the pay gap had widened since the pandemic, compared to only a third (29 per cent) of white workers.
And two-thirds (66 per cent) of Black employees said their employer needed to do more to close the gap, but only two in five (40 per cent) white workers thought the same.
When considering what could be done to close the gap, almost three in five (57 per cent) of the Black employees polled believed the solution would be increased salary transparency.
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Lauren Thomas, economist at Glassdoor, said that while inclusion and diversity has been prioritised in recent years, more needs to be done to achieve workplace equality. Increased transparency around inclusion and diversity can be a “powerful way to highlight progress and incentivise accountability”, she said.
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