Gender pay gap the widest for four years

The gap between the average pay for men and women has grown for the first time in four years, according to a survey of 1,000 company directors.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) said that women directors earned an average of £55,000 a year in their 2005 survey, compared with the average basic salary for male directors of £72,000 a year.

The “gender gap” had narrowed in every year between 2001 and 2004, with last year’s pay divide for directors falling to 14 ... (331 more words)

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