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Clubs need a clear plan to reduce gender pay gap, say Kick It Out

Football’s anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out slammed clubs yesterday for failing to set out clear plans to address the game’s “unacceptable” gender pay gaps.

All Premier League clubs and most Championship teams met the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) deadline of Wednesday to publish their average hourly pay rates for men and women, with several of Scotland’s biggest clubs revealing their gender pay gaps too.

According to the Government Equalities Office, more than 10,000 companies with more than 250 employees complied with the EHRC request and the median pay gap was 9.7 per cent in favour of men. The Office of National Statistics, however, has a gender pay gap of 18.4 per cent if you include smaller companies and part-time work.

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