O’Rourke reveals scale of gender pay gap at PwC

The largest accounting and consulting firm in the country has revealed that its senior male partners earn a sixth more than their female peers, and are also paid higher bonuses.

PwC, which employs 2,800 people in the Republic, said that across all its staff the gender pay gap was 5.7 per cent, well below the national average estimated to be at 14 per cent. However, senior male partners were paid 16 per cent more ...