Men more likely to receive pay rise as a result of training

The gender pay gap has been partly attributed to L&D, with men receiving more training than women, and reaping the resulting benefits. 

NIACE and UKCES have assessed how training opportunities differ for each gender, and how the chances provided, or lack of, affect employee pay. The research comes on Equal Pay Day. It is when the average full-time female’s salary expires when compared against male colleagues.

Women (31%) are more likely than men (26%) to have received no employer training in the past year, while men (16%) are more likely to financially benefit from training than women (11%).

Men (17%) are also more likely to receive supervisory training than women (12%), highlighting the bias to favour men for future leadership roles. Women are more likely to be trained in equality and diversity (39% compared to 24%), and health and safety (61% compared to 52%).