News UK, the owner of The Times and The Sun, reported that 72.3 per cent of employees in the highest paid quarter of roles were male PETER BYRNE/PAThe mean hourly gender pay gap of News UK, the owner of The Times, is 15.2 per cent. The company yesterday became the latest media business to publish its pay gap, following legislation requiring all large organisations to disclose their figures. The mean gender pay gap, which shows women earning less, is smaller than the national average of 18.1 per cent. The mean gap is 14.3 per cent at Times Newspapers Limited, publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times, 24.8 per cent at News Group Newspapers, the publisher of The Sun, and 15.1 per cent at the radio station talkSPORT. Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News UK, said that the company was committed to…

Source: The Times March 29, 2018 22:52 UTC