'Shameful' | TUC slams 'zero progress' on disability pay gap in last decade

The pay gap between non-disabled and disabled workers is now higher than it was a decade ago, reigniting calls for mandatory disability pay gap reporting and a day one right to flexible work.

New analysis published by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) shows that non-disabled workers earn around a sixth (14.6%) more than disabled workers.

The analysis reveals that the pay gap for disabled workers across the board is £1.90 an hour, or £66.50 per week – over what the average household spends on their weekly food shop (£62.20).

That makes for a pay difference of £3,460 a year for someone working a 35-hour week – and means that disabled people effectively work for free for the last 47 days of the year and stop getting paid today, on the day the TUC has branded Disability Pay Gap Day.