New Delhi, Sep 18
Nearly half of jobseekers (45 per cent) believe that India’s gender pay gap exceeds 20 per cent, with maternity-related career breaks and workplace bias cited as the top drivers, a survey report said on Thursday.
According to a Naukri survey across 80 industries, 51 per cent of professionals identified maternity breaks as the primary cause of pay disparity between genders.
Around 27 per cent pointed to workplace bias -- the way women are perceived at work.
The views of respondents were strongest in IT (56 per cent), pharma (55 per cent), and automobiles (53 per cent) sectors.
Professionals with 5-10 years of experience (54 per cent) and those with 10–15 years (53 per cent) reported the most pronounced impact of career breaks, the report said.