LONDON -- Some of the BBC's most high-profile female presenters and journalists on Sunday demanded urgent action to close the gender pay gap, revealed last week when the British broadcaster published the salaries of its top-earning personalities. In the letter, which was published in full by the Telegraph newspaper, they appealed to Hall "to act now." The BBC published the annual salaries of its top stars for the first time on Wednesday, but it came under fire because only one-third of them are women. 1970: Equal Pay Act. Full support to the women behind this letter," Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon wrote on Twitter.

Source: The China Post July 24, 2017 05:26 UTC