Ethnic minority workers earn much less than white counterparts within the same firm – new findings
- Written by John Forth, Senior Lecturer of Human Resources Management, City, University of London
Same role, different wage. AllGo, CC BY-SAEthnic minorities make up an ever larger share of the UK workforce. Where just over 6% of all workers were from minority backgrounds 20 years ago, now it’s nearly 14%.
Yet employees from non-white ethnic groups still tend to earn less than similarly qualified white employees. The overall gap in...
