Zurich becomes first UK insurer to publish disability pay gap data

To mark International Day of People with Disabilities

Adam Saville
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Announcement coincides with insurer securing Disability Confident ‘Leader’ status for the second time

Zurich has become the first UK insurer to publish its disability pay gap information. The announcement today, which coincides with International Day of People with Disabilities (3 December), reveals that Zurich's mean disability pay gap in hourly pay is 17.6%, which reflects a 0.6% point increase from 2019. Its median hourly pay gap for disabled employees in 2020 is 14.60%, which has also increased by 1.8% from 12.80% in 2019. Zurich said that as 65% of Zurich employees declare this information, it is not a fully comprehensive picture of employee experiences, as over a third of the cu...

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