Workplace inequality: Men much more likely to be offered company shares than women, new study shows

The difference at senior levels in company options, is likely to be “even starker” than the 10% gender pay gap reported for all jobs in the UK.

Men are much more likely to be offered the chance to own shares in their company than women, a new survey suggests.

An analysis by law firm Boodle Hatfield showed that of 33,400 occasions when tax-advantaged share options were offered, 69% were to men and 31% to women.

And a study of 14,260 different tax-advantaged share options that were taken up, showed that women accounted for 30% and men 70%.

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