Franklin Templeton commits to diversity initiatives as group reveals 75% of top UK earners are male

28% pay gap between gender's hourly pay

Franklin Templeton Investments UK has revealed 75% of its top-quartile earners are men, as it publishes a Gender Pay Gap Report ahead of the 4 April deadline.

New legislation requires all UK entities with more than 250 employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees.  While none of Franklin Templeton's UK legal entities exceed this figure individually, it has a total of 371 UK employees and has chosen to voluntarily disclose gender pay gap data for Franklin Templeton Investments UK and two of its largest subsidiary companies. Within Franklin Templeton Investments UK, the breakdown of staff is 206 male to 165 females, as at 5 April 2017. Women in Investment: C...