Issue - meetings

Report of the Group Manager for HR advising the Cabinet (and Council) of the Pay Gap between male and female employees as at 31 March 2017.

The Cabinet had before it a * report of the Group Manager for HR advising the Cabinet (and Council) of the Pay Gap between male and female employees as at 31 March 2017.

·                The Cabinet Member for the Working Environment and Support Services outlined the contents of the report stating that from 6 April 2017 employers in Great Britain with more than 250 staff would be required by law to publish the following four types of figures annually on their own website and on a government website by 30 March 2018.

·                Gender pay gap (mean and median averages)

·                Gender bonus gap (mean and median averages)  - not applicable

·                Proportion of men and women receiving bonuses  - as above

·                Proportion of men and women in each quartile of the organisation’s pay structure

Consideration was given to the four quartiles outlined in the report and that the Council’s median gender pay gap was significantly lower than the national average.

(Proposed by Cllr Mrs M E Squires and seconded by Cllr C R Slade)

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.