Gender pay reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees.
This week the Government Equalities Office has published a summary of the 2017/18 gender pay gap data provided by both private and public sector employers. Some of the key findings were as follows:
- Although 57% of employers have more women than men among their lowest paid employees, only 33% have more women than men among their highest paid jobs.
- Since May 2018, 48% of employers had published an action plan outlining how they aim to tackle their gender pay gap.
- 40% of employers said it has been “easy” to make their gender pay gap calculations, whilst 17% stated it had been “difficult”.
For a more in-depth analysis of the gender pay gap information, please visit:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751209/GPG-Reporting-Portal-Report.pdf
Of interest to smaller employers, is that The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has called for the gender pay gap reporting net to be widened to include all organisations with 50 or more employees from 2020.
It is currently considered unlikely, however, that the Government will accept this suggestion as it has always maintained that gender pay gap reporting obligations would be too onerous administratively for smaller employers.