According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in
2015, women working full-time in the US had median weekly earnings
that were only 81 percent of those of male full-time workers.
Similarly, in the UK in 2016, women were paid roughly 18 percent
less than their male counterparts, according to the Office for
National Statistics. Indeed, equal pay for women has become a
global issue, attracting attention from national and local
governments around the world as well as from leading multinational
companies.
Acknowledging the persistent wage gap between men and women,
many multinational companies, including behemoths like Apple, Gap,
Google, Salesforce and SpaceX, have committed to conducting
internal pay audits as a first step toward combating gender pay
inequality. Last year, Salesforce announced the results of its own
internal pay audit for 17,000 global employees. According to
Fortune.com, Salesforce spent US$3 million to make salary
adjustments for
