The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan took another step in his mission to tackle pay inequality across all industries in London when he commissioned the first ever ethnicity pay audit.
The data for the audit was collected from all organisations part of the Greater London Authority Group.
The results of the audit highlighted the pay discrimination that BAME employees have to face. The Mayor is going to encourage these organisations and other businesses across London to rectify the situation.
The pay gap when it comes to ethnicity is not necessarily a result of people from BAME backgrounds being paid less but more because they are under represented in positions of powers within businesses and organisations – similar to the reasons behind the gender pay gap.
“London is renowned throughout the world as a progressive and diverse city and that’s why it is important for me to publish City Hall’s first ever ethnicity pay audit,” said Sadiq Khan. “I am pleased my administration is shining a light on an issue that has been hidden from sight for far too long. But this is just the beginning.”
“I am deeply troubled that members of the Black Asian and minority ethnic community who work at these organisations earn on average less than their white counterparts, and I am determined to confront this inequality,” he continued. “We are determined to promote fairness for all workers, and remedy any unfair disadvantage against BAME people. Change cannot come soon enough.”
Here is the breakdown of the ethnicity pay audit.
Greater London Authority
White employees: £23.93 per hour. BAME employees £20.17 – an ethnic pay gap of 16 per cent
Transport for London
White employees: £27.97 per hour. BAME employees £25.23 – an ethnic pay gap of 9.8 per cent
Metropolitan Police Service
White employees: £21.35 per hour. BAME employees £17.98 – an ethnic pay gap of 16.7 per cent
Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
White employees: £24.75 per hour. BAME employees £23.89 – an ethnic pay gap of 3.5 per cent
London Fire Brigade (including London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority)
White employees: £16.36 per hour. BAME employees £16.36 – an ethnic pay gap of 0 per cent
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
White employees: £26.81 per hour. BAME employees £16.75 – an ethnic pay gap of 37.5 per cent
London Legacy Development Corporation
White employees: £28.77 per hour. BAME employees £20.14 – an ethnic pay gap of 30 per cent
> Naomi Round
Sadiq Khan Publishes Results of First Ever Ethnicity Pay Audit
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