‘Urgent action needed’ | Disability pay gap widens to 17.2% ahead of Labour's mandatory reporting bill

The disability pay gap in the UK now sits at an alarming 17.2%, new analysis from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has revealed.

According to the study, disabled employees are earning £2.35 an hour less on average than non-disabled workers, amounting to £4,300 less over a year for an employee working 35 hours per week.

The pay gap has widened in the 2023-2024 analysis compared to 2022-2023 measurements, when the gap sat at 14.6%.

Progress to close the disability pay gap has moved backwards over the past ten years. Despite occasional year-on-year improvement, the disability pay gap has widened from 13.2% in 2013-2014.