Gender pay gap | Asda accused of 'exploiting & undervaluing' female staff amid equal pay row

Asda has been accused of ‘exploiting and undervaluing’ female workers by paying them less than some male colleagues.

As reported by the Guardian and Glasgow Live, the GMB union has claimed the supermarket giant is paying thousands of female store staff up to £3 an hour less than their male counterparts working in company warehouses.

Asda store staff - who are mostly women - were given a 3.6% pay rise at the start of this month. This takes their wage to just £9.66 an hour, according to the Sunday Mail.

However, the company’s warehouse workers, who are reportedly mostly male, are still negotiating a significant pay rise, having recently rejected an offered increase of up to 7.5%, which would have raised their pay to at least £11.98 an hour.