Presenter Samira Ahmed has accused the BBC of gender discrimination in evidence during an explosive legal battle, in which she is claiming she was paid significantly less than male counterpart Jere…
Ahmed is seeking £693,245 in lost earnings at an employment tribunal in London, the first case of its kind since the BBC was caught up in a gender pay scandal after China editor Carrie Gracie resigned last year in protest over her salary.
In a witness statement, Ahmed said “it just not seem fair” that she was paid £440 for hosting an episodePoints of ViewBBC Undermines Its Own Output In $892,000 Legal Battle With Samira Ahmed Over Equal Pay Ahmed set out in the 53-page statement why the shows involve similar work and provide audiences with a similar service, arguing that it was not the case “the demands of the job were greater on Jeremy Vine.” In fact, Ahmed said she plays a bigger role in preparing for and making, adding that Vine “spends less time in make-up than I do,” given women are “more likely to be criticised for their appearance on air.
In a section of her statement titled “discrimination against me as a woman,” Ahmed said the majority of the BBC’s top earners are men and that “men are more likely to be seen as stars or at least stars that should be paid very highly.” She added that women are not “gifted” the same opportunities as men, claiming that Vine was handed his BBC Radio 2 show having had “no experience or profile as an entertainment star.
“I am not sure I have been given the real reasons for the difference between my pay and that of Jeremy Vine over the years. So I still cannot understand how pay for me, a woman, could be so much lower than for Jeremy Vine, a man, for presenting very similar programmes and doing very similar work,” she said. is an entertainment show on BBC One that has traditionally been hosted by a household name, while Newswatch is a news show on the “relatively niche” BBC News channel.
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