Blog Post
The Gender Pay Gap
- By Jenni Douglas-Todd
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- 19 Jul, 2017
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BBC set to be first to publish gender pay gap data!
The BBC are set to publish their Annual Report today which includes making public for the first time details on all those who earn above £150,000. Early reports are that less than a third of the "stars" are women. From March this year all public sector organisations with more than 250 employees were required to take a snapshot of the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men’s earnings and publish that data within a year of the snapshot. For businesses and Charities the snapshot date was 5 April 2017.
This makes the BBC one of the first to effectively publish its gender pay gap data since the snapshot dates came into affect. How well is your organisation poised to publish it's data and what has the snapshot revealed? We would be interested to read your comments and if this is an area you would like to know more on, please contact us.
This makes the BBC one of the first to effectively publish its gender pay gap data since the snapshot dates came into affect. How well is your organisation poised to publish it's data and what has the snapshot revealed? We would be interested to read your comments and if this is an area you would like to know more on, please contact us.
As we come to the end of Black History month, otherwise known as BHM, it is time to look back to see what has been achieved during the month and for those of you who are more adventurous, over this calendar year. BHM was first celebrated in the United Kingdom, in London, in 1987, to celebrate the achievements in society of Black people. Whether you are in the camp of seeing 1 month as an important time of the year, or the other camp which believes having 1 month limits the understanding of Black history, one thing that is clear is that race is one of the 9 protected characteristics under the UK's Equality Act 2010.
Sex is another protected characteristic under the Act, stipulating that you must not be discriminated against because you are a particular sex. The wording of the Act goes on to say that " In the Equality Act sex can mean either male or female, or a group of people like men or boys, or women or girls. " How many of us view ourselves as just a race or a gender?
From the 5 April 2017, for private and voluntary organisations and the 31 March 2017, for the public sector in the UK, employers employing 250 employees or more had to carry out calculations to determine gender pay gap results, having of course collated that information. The results have to be posted by the 4 April 2018 on the organisation's website in a publicly available manner. There is a requirement to publish 6 calculations:
A click on the picture supporting this blog will take you to the Office of National Statistics website where you can test your knowledge on the Gender Pay Gap.
Sex is another protected characteristic under the Act, stipulating that you must not be discriminated against because you are a particular sex. The wording of the Act goes on to say that " In the Equality Act sex can mean either male or female, or a group of people like men or boys, or women or girls. " How many of us view ourselves as just a race or a gender?
From the 5 April 2017, for private and voluntary organisations and the 31 March 2017, for the public sector in the UK, employers employing 250 employees or more had to carry out calculations to determine gender pay gap results, having of course collated that information. The results have to be posted by the 4 April 2018 on the organisation's website in a publicly available manner. There is a requirement to publish 6 calculations:
- average gender pay gap as a mean average
- average gender pay gap as a median average
- average bonus gender pay gap as a mean average
- average bonus gender pay gap as a median average
- proportion of males receiving a bonus payment and proportion of females receiving a bonus payment
- proportion of males and females when divided into four groups ordered from lowest to highest pay
A click on the picture supporting this blog will take you to the Office of National Statistics website where you can test your knowledge on the Gender Pay Gap.
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