Shell UK narrows gender pay gap in 2020

Royal Dutch Shell’s female employees in Britain earned 18% less on average than their male colleagues in 2020, a pay gap that has narrowed since 2019.

In its annual UK diversity pay gap report, Shell published data on ethnicity for the first time ever which revealed that the average pay and bonuses for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic employees was 8.5% lower than non-BAME staff.

In total, BAME workers make up 21% of the total staff and women made up 34% of the UK workforce (a total of 6,000).

The gender pay gap stood at 18.7% in 2019, 18.6% in 2018 and 22.2% in 2017. Shell said it had achieved its ambition to have women in 30% of senior positions in the country.

“While we are making progress in building an inclusive workplace for all, we are not yet where we need to be,” Shell UK country chair Sinead Lynch said in a statement.