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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Pay gap shrinks but men still receive bonuses 66 per cent higher than their women counterparts. The gender gap between the total compensation of male and female lawyers is narrowing at an average rate of 4 per cent a year meaning that, at current trajectories, salaries should reach parity by 2021, according to a legal recruitment specialist. Full story - Solicitors Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Pay gap shrinks but men still receive bonuses 66 per cent higher than their women counterparts. The gender gap between the total compensation of male and female lawyers is narrowing at an average rate of 4 per cent a year meaning that, at current trajectories, salaries should reach parity by 2021, according to a legal recruitment specialist. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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