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Young women workers suffer 15% gender pay gap
YOUNG women with the same qualifications as men the same age are paid as much as 15 per cent less, shocking new research reveals today.
Official figures showed that men aged between 22 and 30 with a vocational qualification above GCSE level will earn on average £10 per hour.
But women with the same qualification level will earn just £8.50, the TUC revealed ahead of its young workers’ conference this weekend.
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