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Category: Equal Pay

Disability reporting – not just a tick box exercise

The need for employers to conduct disability reporting has been brought into sharp focus this week with the publication of an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for mandatory reporting on the number of disabled people in the workforce. However, calling for mandatory reporting isn’t quite as straightforward as is would seem. Justine Woolf reviews some of the potential barriers.

Posted by Justine Woolf on
25 March 2021

Pay Inequality: what could go wrong?

Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits

Most organisations do not deliberately set out to discriminate in terms of pay, but given the c.29,000 claims a year it’s clearly not uncommon. Recent headline-grabbing cases have detailed staggering settlements, but the implications of not establishing pay equity can span much further than this. Cathryn Edmondson discusses.

Posted by Cathryn Edmondson on
18 March 2021

Responsible Reward – It’s Time to be Brave

Equal Pay | Responsible Reward | Ethnicity Pay Reporting

Any steps taken towards pay equity and responsible reward are in the right direction but if we want to harness the current acceleration of change then we need to be brave enough to speak out and be visible in the changes and the steps our organisations are taking. Cathryn Edmondson looks at how you can clarify your starting point and next steps.

Posted by Cathryn Edmondson on
11 February 2021

Why diversity and inclusion should be influencing your reward strategy

Equal Pay | Reward Strategy | Diversity | Ethnicity Pay Reporting

Whilst it is tempting during this period of uncertainty to invest less time in addressing diversity and inclusion initiatives, the consequences of placing them on the back burner are far reaching. Emer Bucukoglu suggests a few pointers to ensure you don't take your eye off the ball.

Posted by Emer Bucukoglu on
17 December 2020

Equal Pay – are we making progress?

Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits

It is clear Equal Pay remains a large business risk for many employers, and while most organisations have a ‘gut feel’ that they do not operate discriminatory pay practices, it is almost impossible to make a proper assessment without conducting the right pay tests. Emer Bucukoglu takes a look at what an Equal Pay Audit entails.

Posted by Emer Bucukoglu on
23 September 2020

Pay equality: why now is the time to get your house in order

The long-term picture will only become known with the passage of time, however, whilst business may be a little slower and some of our typical processes postponed, the world will keep turning and a return to a feudalist barter system seems a little unlikely, which is why now is a great time to prepare for the future.

Posted by Ben Rowley on
14 July 2020

How Covid-19 will affect your gender pay gap and why you should still publish this year

Organisations cannot afford to take their eye off the ball with Gender Pay, despite the government suspending publication of the 2019 figures. Actions taken now to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on businesses will have a significant impact on your results, as well as causing potential equal pay issues down the line.

Posted by Sarah Lardner on
26 March 2020

Download our Responsible Reward guide

Our aim in producing this guide is to share knowledge around what responsible reward means today and bring it to life with practical examples which you may want to explore at your organisation.

Posted by Justine Woolf on
11 February 2020

Equal Pay: Managing historical pay imbalances

The recent case of Samira Ahmed vs. the BBC has highlighted issues that many organisations face when managing pay. Justine Woolf asks: how do we ensure we're paying fairly? And how do we manage the impact of historic pay imbalances?

Posted by Justine Woolf on
14 January 2020

Data is king: social mobility proposals and class pay gap reporting could be on the horizon. Are you ready?

Equal Pay | Good data | Measuring pay

A new report is calling for specific legislation to tackle class discrimination in the workplace and this would make it compulsory for employers to report class pay gaps. But what does and could this really mean for employers in the real world?

Posted by James Bigus on
17 September 2019

5 ways to measure how inclusive your reward strategy is

Equal Pay | Gender Pay | BAME reporting | Reward Strategy

The notion of inclusivity has never been more prevalent in the workforce. In our third year of gender pay reporting, with ethnicity reporting legislation on the horizon, and the need to show that, as an employer, you are inclusive and do not discriminate employees has never been more important. But how do we truly measure how inclusive our reward strategy is?

Posted by Mark Macoun on
10 September 2019

Gender Pay Reporting - Lessons from the UK

Having recently spoken at the Irish national parliament on lessons from the UK's Gender Pay Reporting, Innecto's Emer Bucukoglu takes us through key findings from Year 1, and her recommendations for future reporting.

Posted by Emer Bucukoglu on
07 August 2018

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