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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pay gap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the difference in earnings between different groups, often in the context of gender or race.
Example: "The report highlighted the persistent issue of a pay gap between male and female employees in the company."
Alternatives: "wage disparity" or "income gap".
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How is it that we still have a pay gap?
There is a pay gap, a problem to be fixed.
The company is calling this annual levelling-off a "pay gap tax".
Under-representation is rife, old boys' networks persist, and a pay gap emerges as a result.
But for most that was no reason to leave a pay gap.
Research by Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economist, has found that a pay gap persists within occupations.
But even at its head office Tui revealed a pay gap.
There is a pay gap between men and women in the labour market, which overall amounts to almost 20%.
"It's saying, first of all there is a pay gap problem and we are going to fix that.
"I was aware that there was a pay gap, but I had no idea how big it was," she said.
But the most common approaches for identifying a pay gap and resolving it are full of pitfalls for the unwary.
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