The dispute between the BBC and Ms. Gracie, a longtime journalist with the broadcaster, stems from her time as China editor. When she took the role in 2013, she was told that she would be paid in line with the BBC’s North America editor, Jon Sopel. But data published by the broadcaster last summer showed they were paid significantly different amounts.
For the year that ended in March 2017, Mr. Sopel was paid between 200,000 and 249,999 pounds. Ms. Gracie made less than the £150,000 threshold required to make her salary public, and later said her salary was £135,000.
Her resignation from the post of China editor drew attention to the pay gaps.
Several BBC journalists spoke out in her favor, the salaries of some of the broadcaster’s most prominent male journalists were cut, and at a parliamentary hearing on the matter, one lawmaker described the situation as a “horror show.”
“Today, at the BBC, I can say I am equal,” Ms. Gracie, reading prepared remarks, said on Friday.
“I would like women at workplaces up and down the country to say the same,” she added.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/business/media/bbc-gender-pay-carrie-gracie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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