Irwin Mitchell has narrowed its gender pay gap.

Irwin Mitchell has narrowed its gender pay gap, according to its latest report.

The report shows that the firm saw a decrease in its mean gender pay gap to 10.3% in 2019 compared to 12.8% the previous year.

In 2018, the firm had the sixth lowest pay gap across reporting law firms. Last year's average gap across the Top 50 U.K. law firms was 19.5%.

Irwin Mitchell's mean gender bonus gap also decreased 6.2% to 25.7% in 2019.

The firm said in a statement that women make up 65% of regional managing partners and 42% of partners, adding that, this year, 63% of its promotions to associate and senior associate were also women.

Susana Berlevy, Irwin Mitchell chief people officer and diversity board member, said in a statement: "Although our results are again positive, and show an overall improvement from last year, we recognise that there's still work to do and remain committed to improvement.

"Part of this includes the hard work taking place to ensure our people policies are developed to support the improvement in gender balance across the organisation."

The firm also published its ethnicity pay gap, which stands at -2.3%, with the firm suggesting this "means there is little difference between the average hourly pay of white British colleagues and those from different ethnic groups".

Irwin Mitchell is the latest firm to disclose this year's gender and ethnicity pay gap figures. In December, Linklaters' reports revealed that the firm's gender and ethnicity pay gaps had both widened.

In December, White & Case reported that its gender pay gap for its London-based contract partners jumped by 8%.

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