WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees of PwC in Britain are paid nearly 13 percent less than other employees, according to data published by the professional service firm on Monday.
The firm said its BAME workers were statistically paid less because more of them worked in administrative and junior roles, rather than senior positions. PwC said BAME and non-BAME workers are paid equally for equivalent roles.
The firm said it revealed the data to address the issue as fast as possible and to lower the pay gap.
'The more transparent we are with our diversity and social mobility data, the more we hold ourselves accountable to achieving real change,' Kevin Ellis, PwC chairman, said in a statement. 'We're hoping that BAME pay reporting can do the same for tackling ethnicity challenges.'
PwC claims to one of the first private groups to publish BAME pay gap data. The company also released gender pay gap data that showed pay gap for 2017 was 13.7 percent, down from 15.2 percent in 2016.
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