Here's what you need to know about Equal Pay Day.
When is Equal Pay Day 2018 and what does it mean?
Equal Pay Day is essentially when women work "for free" until the end of the year.
This symbolic day is dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap.
This year, Equal Pay Day in the UK falls on November 10.
The 13.7 per cent figure is calculated by the Fawcett Society using ONS gender pay gap statistics.
Earlier this year, gender pay gap reporting regulations meant that companies with more than 250 employees had to publish figures showing any differences in pay between men and women.
Of those that published data, 78 per cent pay men more than women, 13 per cent pay women more and 8 per cent said they had no gender pay gap.
The Fawcett Society is trying to encourage UK workers to talk more openly about their salaries, in a bid to bring an end to pay inequality.
Sam Smethers, Fawcett Society chief executive, said: “In workplaces all over the country, pay discrimination is able to thrive and is more common than people realise because of a culture of pay secrecy which persists. People do not know their basic rights and do not know what their colleagues earn.”
This year, to help women fight back against gender pay gaps the Fawcett Society has teamed up with employment law charity YESS Law to launch a new Equal Pay Advice Service, paid for by an Equal Pay Fund.
Why are women setting their Out of Office up?
In 2017, the "Out of Office" campaign reached over 1.2 billion people, calling for real action on the gender pay gap.
Some women would not come into work on Equal Pay Day to prove a point to their employers.
Others would set up the notification which said the recipient is in the office, but gave an automatic alert to senders that it’s Equal Pay Day and raises awareness.
Many women will be making a point to ask their colleagues what they earn in an effort to improve transparency.
Others will be taking to social media to share an equals sign, or post with the #GetEqual and #EqualPayDay tags.
Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women's Equality Party, tweeted: "I've switched on my #OutofOffice for the rest of 2018 & my Twitter isn't working either.
"Why? Because the #genderpaygap means this is the last day until Jan UK women get paid to work relative to men. The gap is greater for BAME & disabled women."
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