3 YEAR GENDER DISTRIBUTION COMPARISON
GENDER PAY GAP (CONTINUED)
Equal pay has been a legal requirement since the Equal Pay Act 1970. Through our equal pay audits, we are confident
men and women at Shearman & Sterling are paid equally for doing equivalent jobs across our business.
Our analysis shows that we have a disproportionate number of women in lower quartile roles. This is largely due
to the high proportion of women in business services roles with the majority of these roles being legal PAs.
In addition, a greater proportion of our legal roles are occupied by men and fall in the top quartile of salaries.
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
4 THE UK GENDER PAY GAP
Top Quartile Upper Mid Quartile Lower Mid Quartile Bottom Quartile
DEMOGRAPHICS
Overall Women
Men
2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019 2017
2018
2019
37% 36% 35%
63% 65% 64%
Men
Women
Lawyers
Business Staff
42% 38% 41%
58% 59% 62%
77%
73%
72%
23%
28%
27%
2018 2019 2017
93%
90%
89%
7%
11%
10%
67%
70%
67%
33%
30%
33%
55%
58%
58%
45%
42%
42%
63%
60%
63%
37%
40%
37%
