The BBC has found itself under fire after its annual report revealed that senior managers from diverse backgrounds earn significantly more than their straight, white, male counterparts. The Telegraphhas the story.
Statistics released in the corporation’s annual report reveal that LGBT, ethnic minority, disabled and female senior managers earn larger salaries than those not from those backgrounds.
The revelation comes despite the BBC having committed to equal pay.
Critics said the corporation’s commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) initiatives had resulted in “discrimination”.
The BBC’s diversity and inclusion plan for 2021-2023 committed to “investing in diverse leadership” and meeting its 50:20:12 targets across the corporation – 50% women, at least 20% black, Asian or minority ethnic and at least 12% disabled employees.
Figures in the BBC’s 2023/24 annual report show that senior managers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) earn salaries 15.6% larger than those who are not.
Senior managers from black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds (BAME) earn a median average 12.6% more than white ones.
Disabled senior managers earn 8.4% more than those who are not disabled and women in top roles earn 5.7% more than men. …
The scale of the “reverse pay gap” has increased in recent years.
In 2020/21, LGBT and female senior managers earned just 0.5% and 4.3% more, respectively.
In 2021/22, BAME senior managers earned 8.8% more than white ones. The BBC has not previously published data for disabled senior managers.
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