Women in the British financial firms with 80% less in bonuses than men

Women in some leading UK financial companies earn about 80 percent less bonuses and other remuneration linked to their performance than their male colleagues, Reuters reported, citing a study by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. The inquiry, which is includes the 50 financial firms on the island, shows that women in their win 2875 pounds per year from royalties related to their performance at work, compared to 14 550 pounds for men. In the base salary of men and women was there any difference from 39 percent in favor of men, which increased to 47 percent if you add bonuses and other allowances. By the Committee indicate that the financial sector as a whole, this one of the biggest differences in pay between men and women in Britain. Interviewed women who employed a full-time in the financial sector have a 55 per cent less of gross annual salary of men to a difference of 28 percent for the economy as a whole. According to the Bankers Association of the UK biggest difference in pay between men and women in the financial sector due to the choice of lifestyle by women. They choose jobs financial sectors, which traditionally are not given big bonuses. "Women often make different choices about the balance between work and personal life. In the financial sector employs a lot of young people and this may also have an effect on wages, since they are of age, when more women than men, take care their children at home, "the association added.