The Equality and Human Rights Commission is looking at records dating back to January, 2016, following complaints that women have been paid less than men at Britain’s public broadcaster
In this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2017, the entrance to the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation are seen in London.The BBC, Britain’s public broadcaster, is to be investigated over suspected discrimination following complaints that women have been paid less than men, the country’s equality watchdog announced on Tuesday.
This followed an outcry in 2017, when the BBC published a list of its best-paid on-air staff, revealing two-thirds were men, some of whom were paid far more than their female peers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission , which is looking at records dating back to January 2016, said the BBC had provided a large amount of information on its pay policies.
The equality regulator, which acknowledged that the BBC had begun making reforms, will examine formal and informal pay grievances raised by staff and look at how they were resolved. BBC Director General Tony Hall said the organization had been through a “tremendous period of reform” and improvements had already been made.“We try to be the gold standard of what everyone wants from society – openness, respect and equality,” he was quoted as saying on the BBC’s news site.The BBC said in January 2018 it would implement “substantial” pay reductions for some men and pay increases for some men and women, following a report by auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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