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Gender Pay Gap - Annual Report

 

 

Meeting: 29/01/2020 - Employment Matters Committee (Item 625)

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The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 requires all employers with more than 250 employees to report annually on their Gender Pay Gap. This report provides to the Committee the Council’s results for this reporting year.

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Minutes:

Discussion:

 

Members considered a report regarding the requirement to report annually on their Gender Pay Gap. The Head of HR advised the Committee that the mean and median gaps had increased since 2018 and that further work and analysis was being be undertaken on this. She stated that it was proposed to submit a report to the Committee six months before the next publication of the gender pay gap and this would include a detailed plan of activity to help close the gap.

 

Members raised a number of questions and comments, which included:

 

Comparator information – in response to a question, the Head of HR informed the Committee that the Council would look into this once the gender pay gap information was published by other public sector bodies (by 30 March 2020). She also stated that the Council was part of a Kent HR network which would assist in this process.

 

Analysis of age groups of staff leaving the Council – in response to a question, the Head of HR confirmed that the Council would look into whether there were any particular issues relating to the age profile of certain professions and the impact this may have on the gender pay gap.

 

Bonus pay – in response to a question regarding whether there was an explanation for the narrowing of bonus pay between females and males in the context of this being a trend rather than representing a snapshot, the Head of HR would look into this as part of the analysis.

 

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the report, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

 

Decision:

 

The Committee agreed to note the content of this report and agree that, in future, the report is brought to the Committee 6 months prior to publication, with a detailed plan of activity to help close the gap for future reporting years.