Gender pay gap
Gender pay gap reporting legislation requires large employers to publish their overall mean and median gender pay gaps from 2018. Under the new laws, private and voluntary sector employers with 250 or more employees have to calculate their gender pay gap on 5 April each year, publishing their data on the Government’s gender pay gap reporting service by 4 April the following year. For public sector organisations, the snapshot date is 31 March, so the data has to be published no later than 30 March the following year.
‘Give women a fair chance to lead’ urge psychology experts
The low number of women in senior positions in organisations could be down to a lack of understanding of leadership...
Investor votes down appointments in firms that lack gender diversity
One of the UK’s biggest investors voted against the re-election of more than 100 chairs last year because the organisations...
Shared parental leave and pay – equalising opportunities?
With reports citing that only 1% of those eligible took a period of shared parental leave in 2018 it is...
How gender pay gap sums should be made more accurate
Many of the errors in employers’ gender pay gap reports could be avoided if the government adopted simpler calculation methods and supported HR professionals to access statistical skills
The 2018 gender pay gap: grounds for optimism?
There may not have been a dramatic change in the gender pay gap, but HR, analytics and reward specialists are far from gloomy about what the latest crop of reports reveals
Gender pay gap: little progress made in second year
Almost eight in 10 organisations still pay men more than women, the latest round of gender pay gap reporting has revealed.
Risk of errors high in UK gender pay gap reporting
New research has cast doubt on the accuracy of about 15% of the gender pay gap information being collected by organisations. The failure to provide links to company reports has also been flagged.
Why it’s time to compel all employers to publish parental policies
Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...
Graduate gender pay gap: Men earn 15% more than women
The gap between male and female graduate pay has continued to widen, with men earning 15% more than women five...
Gender pay gap awareness remains low
As large employers reach the deadline for reporting their 2018 gender pay gap next week, research among middle and senior...
Germany lags behind as gender pay gap narrows
The UK’s slight gender pay gap narrowing means it is in step with other economically similar nations. But Germany has...
Over a third of gender pay gap could be down to bias
More than a third of the overall gender pay gap in the UK could be the result of discrimination and negotiation differences between men and women.
The gender pay gap may be narrowing, but why?
With the gender pay gap reporting deadline imminent, Personnel Today analysis finds that early results point to a narrowing of...
April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’
LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies.
