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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Neate and Alexandra Topping

Women work two months for free, reveals TUC analysis

MP Caroline Nokes said there was still a significant ‘mother penalty’ for many working women.
MP Caroline Nokes said there was still a significant ‘mother penalty’ for many working women. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Women “work for free for nearly two months” a year, according to fresh analysis which reveals a 15% gender pay gap that widens “dramatically” after women have children.

Women in paid employment earn on average £29,684 a year, compared with the £35,260 a year earned by men, according to the analysis of official data by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

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