<p class="text-align-justify">Nevertheless, there have been some encouraging signs.</p>

<p class="text-align-justify">Over the previous decade, the wage gap between men and women in the UK has narrowed slightly, falling by around a quarter for full-time workers and just over one-fifth among all workers.</p>

<p class="text-align-justify">The pay gap dropped from 17.4 % in 2019 to 15.5% in 2020 among all the employees whereas among full time employees the wage disparity narrowed to 7.4% in 2020 down from 9% in 2019. The salary difference between men and women is greater for all employees than that for part-time and full-time&nbsp;employees.</p>

<p class="text-align-justify">Even though, gender is a protected characteristic in the United Kingdom, as defined by the 2010 Equality Act (section 3), findings show that women are discriminated in the workplace till this date. Therefore, there is indeed a long way to go until complete gender equality is achieved in the workplace.</p>
