So the organisation that is more likely than any other to report on gender pay gaps with zero nuance (e.g. engineers vs care workers) has been caught red faced with paying its female newsreaders practically a half or a third of their male counterparts on the same show. Fancy that! This was due to the government forcing them to publish a list of all employees on more than £150,000 paid directly from the BBC.
For example, Emily Maitlis, the news presenter, Sarah Montague, the presenter of the Today programme on Radio 4, and Louise Minchin, who presents BBC Breakfast, earn £150,000 a year or less, according to the disclosure. This is despite their co-presenters on BBC shows making the list, including John Humphrys, who presents Today and Mastermind and was paid £600,000–£649,999.
Today it's been reported there is now a "Revolt of the BBC women", and that's on their own BBC website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40696402
I don't watch TV because of the BBC's archaic tax license system where you need to pay them £145 per year just for having a TV - even if you don't watch the BBC ! It's not that much money to me but I take a stand on principle. However, suffice to say this is a taxpayer funded organisation that is carrying out the very discrimination they normally try to pin on the private sector where people are more free to run business as they like and where it's much more complicated than in this case. A guy called Chris Evans who most people seem to hate is on £2.2m - this is where your license tax is going !
Director of the BBC Lord Hall "will of course meet individuals to hear their thoughts. We are committing to closing it by 2020 - something no other organisation has committed to doing."
He also added, "The BBC's workforce has been hired over generations and this is complex and cannot be done overnight."
BBC director of radio and education James Purnell said male presenters could take pay cuts.
I'm sure this will go down well.
Gary Lineker's agent says BBC pay gap may be caused by women using female agents. Note Gary Lineker was a successful England World Cup player who is now 2nd highest paid on BBC.
Get out your popcorn gifs...
This will be in the news for many weeks to come.
For example, Emily Maitlis, the news presenter, Sarah Montague, the presenter of the Today programme on Radio 4, and Louise Minchin, who presents BBC Breakfast, earn £150,000 a year or less, according to the disclosure. This is despite their co-presenters on BBC shows making the list, including John Humphrys, who presents Today and Mastermind and was paid £600,000–£649,999.
Today it's been reported there is now a "Revolt of the BBC women", and that's on their own BBC website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40696402
I don't watch TV because of the BBC's archaic tax license system where you need to pay them £145 per year just for having a TV - even if you don't watch the BBC ! It's not that much money to me but I take a stand on principle. However, suffice to say this is a taxpayer funded organisation that is carrying out the very discrimination they normally try to pin on the private sector where people are more free to run business as they like and where it's much more complicated than in this case. A guy called Chris Evans who most people seem to hate is on £2.2m - this is where your license tax is going !
Director of the BBC Lord Hall "will of course meet individuals to hear their thoughts. We are committing to closing it by 2020 - something no other organisation has committed to doing."
He also added, "The BBC's workforce has been hired over generations and this is complex and cannot be done overnight."
BBC director of radio and education James Purnell said male presenters could take pay cuts.
I'm sure this will go down well.
Gary Lineker's agent says BBC pay gap may be caused by women using female agents. Note Gary Lineker was a successful England World Cup player who is now 2nd highest paid on BBC.
Get out your popcorn gifs...
This will be in the news for many weeks to come.