Equal Pay Day 2024 is set for November 20th as the Gender Pay Gap rises. Together - we'll close the gap

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Equal Pay Day 2024 is 20th November.


With today’s release of the 2024 Gender Pay Gap data, we are confirming that Equal Pay Day 2024 will fall on 20th November. That is two days earlier than last year when it fell on 22nd November. This means that despite years of slow progress to close the UK's mean Gender Pay Gap it has widened this year.

The Gender Pay Gap is the difference between the average pay of men and women within a particular group or population. Fawcett uses the mean, full-time, hourly Gender Pay Gap for the UK to calculate the Gender Pay Gap for Equal Pay Day which this year is 11.3%, up from 10.4% last year. 

We’ll be talking more over the coming weeks about this year's Equal Pay Day and how you can get involved. In the meantime, please do follow us here on X, ([link removed]) Instagram ([link removed]) and Facebook ([link removed]) for more updates and help us raise awareness about the Gender Pay Gap and what must be done to close it.

Together, we’ll close the Gender Pay Gap for good.
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What is Equal Pay Day?

Equal Pay Day is a national campaign led by Fawcett in the UK. It marks the day in the year when, based on the Gender Pay Gap, women on average in the UK stop being paid compared to men.

This year, Government data has indicated a mean Gender Pay Gap of 11.3% for full time workers, which means Equal Pay Day will be on 20 November.

Find out more about the Gender Pay Gap and Equal Pay Day on our website ([link removed]) .
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More from Fawcett on the Gender Pay Gap

💸 Read ([link removed]) [link removed] analysis of the Employment Rights Bill; how it could signal significant steps forwards for women, as well as areas where we would like to see it strengthened.

💸 2023’s Equal Pay Day campaign was focussed on flexible working – read more about it here ([link removed]) .

💸 The Gender Pay Gap won’t be closed without significant investment in a Early Education and Childcare. Read our proposals for reform here ([link removed]) .

💸 In 2020, we began campaigning to modernise the law on equal pay by adding the #RightToKnow ([link removed]) : the right to know what a male colleague who is doing the same work is being paid.

💸 Read our research into the experiences of women of colour at work, our 2022 report with the Runnymede Trust Broken Ladders: The Myth of Meritocracy for Women of Colour in the Workplace ([link removed]) , and 2023’s Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty. ([link removed])

💸 Make use of our Equal Pay Advice Service ([link removed]) , provided in partnership with law firm Leigh Day, offering initial legal advice for women on low income who suspect they may not be receiving equal pay.
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We've come a long way in 150 years, but we've got a long way to go.

Fawcett members make campaigns like Equal Pay Day possible. Their commitment and passion forms a crucial voice that means the Fawcett Society can have the biggest possible impact on women's equality for future generations.

We're fighting for equal pay, tackling misogyny, and campaigning tirelessly for women's representation in positions of power.
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Together, we can make a society in which all women and girls are truly free to fulfil their potential. 

In solidarity and determination,
The Fawcett Society Team

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