The majority have reported a median
gender pay gap in excess of 36 per cent, while those in the top 100 for all employers have pay gaps in excess of 50 per cent.
As longtime readers - or at least week - old readers - will remember from last week, we talked about the causes
of gender pay gaps.
This means that
gender pay gap information will be publicly available to everyone, including customers, employees, and future recruits.
Now that compliant companies have published their first
gender pay gap data snapshot, the focus turns to why the pay gap persists.
Daily news articles that talk
about gender pay gaps, fat cat bonuses and collapsing corporations are rife, leading us to believe that there's not much we can do about our salaries.
The current overall
gender pay gap between men and women stands at 18 per cent, but in education it is even wider, at 27 per cent.
If a workforce has a particularly
high gender pay gap, this can indicate there may be a number of issues that need dealing with.
Of course this also means that almost 64 % of the
national gender pay gap can not be explained by any of these factors.
We recognise that the pay gap won't disappear overnight but we look forward to seeing a
lower gender pay gap in a year's time.
This huge gap isn't just
because gender pay gaps are pervasive across all sectors of the American economy, though they certainly are.
The statutory reports show that there is a
substantial gender pay gap in the education sector, and that it is far higher than many other sectors.
The government has also recently published
draft gender pay gap reporting legislation for public sector employers with more than 250 employees.
Why is it not considered the gender discrimination and never discussed in media (
like gender pay gap)?
These regulations extend the duty to publish
annual gender pay gap reports to public sector employers with over 250 employees (discussed below).
In the report, the elite firm says it's «confident» it pays men and women fairly for equal roles — so why the
notable gender pay gap?
I don't think the current focus on headline figures within
gender pay gap reports, without the deeper research, helps.
Though an initial scan of the figures produces stark results, i.e. very
high gender pay gaps, thankfully the data is more nuanced than you might expect.
Employers have one year to release the data, but we expect those with
low gender pay gaps to publish early.
The median
gender pay gap for all teachers in all schools and academies is around 4 per cent, but the gap rises to almost 8 per cent for senior leaders and is highest at almost 10 per cent for head teachers and principals.
New data has shown a bigger
gender pay gap at the Church of England headquarters than at the BBC.
Following an uproar
on gender pay gaps in the BBC at the end of last year, former BBC China editor Carrie Grace said she was «very angry» about the treatment and unfairness towards female staff in the company.
Second magic circle firm reveals
gender pay gap as Irwin Mitchell goes beyond requirements with equity partner disclosures
Below Lorraine Heard, Legal Director at transatlantic law Womble Bond Dickinson, explains why the EHRC is currently raising questions in a public consultation regarding its own powers to enforce
gender pay gap regulations.
April 2018 was the deadline for submitting
gender pay gap results and we now have the first detailed... [Read More...]
The requirement to
publish gender pay gap information does not derive from the Equality Act 2010 but from the GPGR.
Closer to home, the
UK gender pay gap widened at the end of 2013, and in Dove's latest survey, 41 % of British women reported being unhappy with their appearance and body shape.
If you have any questions about
gender pay gap issues please get in touch with a member of the Stronachs Employment Team.
The deadline for submission on the government's
Gender Pay Gap database passed at midnight yesterday, and while Team MCV are still going through the data, one company in particular has figures that make for grim reading.
Over 40 of the 100 employers reporting the largest
median gender pay gaps in the education sector are multi-academy trusts and schools.
Calculate and consider
gender pay gaps which exist on a departmental / geographical / functional level and compare these with the composition of the workforce.
«The best preparation for the publication of
gender pay gap details is to gain an in - depth understanding of pay differentials within the organisation and the reasons for them.
Companies with more than 250 employees now have to release both their median and
mean gender pay gap figures by April 2018.
Hollywood star says female actors, such as Jennifer Lawrence, are only being listened to
over gender pay gap because black male actors are broadening the discussion
Hogan Lovells joins rank of firms
releasing gender pay gap data for partners as Latham figures highlight bonus disparities
Massachusetts AG Issues Guidance for Employers on How to Conduct Self - Evaluations of
Gender Pay Gaps under Updated Equal Pay Act
The introduction of
mandatory gender pay gap reporting from April next year is a positive step and should go some way to improve this position.
This represents a serious barrier to equality for women, and is one of the reasons why the NASUWT launched the Gender Equality Challenge two years ago, highlighting the need for specific actions to close the
widening gender pay gap in the teaching profession, to ensure rights of pregnant women at work, and to demonstrate that flexible working is entirely compatible with the job of being a teacher.
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Eversheds Sutherland has been appointed by the BBC to advise on an audit of its pay structure, following the revelations of a
wide gender pay gap at the broadcaster.
Evidence suggests 3 - month «daddy leave» could fix UK gender equality The Fatherhood Institute welcomes the Women and Equalities Committee» proposal, which could
cut gender pay gap and pregnancy discrimination, support fathering, equalise home - life — and even lead to «post-Brexit baby boom».
2017 was a busy year for HR and employment law practitioners and 2018 looks full of challenges too,
with gender pay gap reporting and data protection regulation being top of many agendas in the first quarter.
Actor Chris Evans
says gender pay gap is so ingrained in the film industry that sometimes it is difficult to even identify it.
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