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Threat of pay audits could help banks close gender gap after BNP’s landmark battle

After the bank lost an employment tribunal, others are feeling the pressure to take action on pay discrimination

Financial services firms must be on guard about whether their pay failings will be found out
Financial services firms must be on guard about whether their pay failings will be found out Photo: Getty Images

Women in the City have a lot to thank Stacey Macken for. The former member of BNP Paribas’s prime brokerage team took the bank to an employment tribunal over sexual discrimination in pay.

A year ago, she won. Handsomely. And not just for herself.

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