As part of the Marshalls Group, we’re fully committed to promoting equity and preventing discrimination in the workplace. This includes making sure that all our colleagues are paid fairly whatever their individual characteristics. We value the opportunity to report on the gender pay gap, which looks at differences between the average hourly pay of men and women, and between the bonus payments made to colleagues of each gender.
Gender pay gap versus equal pay
It’s important to highlight that a gender pay gap is different to equal pay. While both measures share the same broad objective of eliminating sex discrimination in relation to pay, the two are frequently confused.
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A gender pay gap is the difference between the average gross hourly earnings for all men and the average gross hourly earnings for all women, irrespective of their role or seniority. It captures any overall pay differences between men and women in an organisation
- Equal pay is ensuring that men and women are not paid differently for doing the same or like-for-like work within an organisation. This is looked at based on the roles people are doing
Equal pay on its own does not prevent a gender pay gap. Gender pay gaps generally exist where most men are in higher paid roles and the majority of women are in lower paid roles.
The measures
- Mean - The pay/bonus values for female colleagues are added together, then divided by how many there are, e.g. 1+2+3=6, 6/3=2. The same is done for male colleagues
- Median - The middle pay/bonus value where the values for male colleagues are arranged smallest to largest. The same is done for female colleagues
- Quartiles - The pay values for female and male colleagues are arranged smallest to largest then divided into four equal groups (quartiles)
- Positive pay/bonus gap - Where pay/bonus for male colleagues is higher than that for female colleagues on any measure, the gap will be a positive number e.g. 5%
- Negative pay/bonus gap - Where pay/bonus for female colleagues is higher than that for male colleagues on any measure, the gap will be a negative number e.g. 5%
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