Category: Equal Pay Audits
What is Equal Pay Day and why does it matter?
Sarah Nash | 22 November 2024
Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Reporting | Job evaluation
This Wednesday, the 20 November 2024, was Equal Pay Day. It’s a national campaign led by the Fawcett Society, a UK charity championing gender equality and women’s rights at work.
Three essential areas to address around pay gaps and equality
02 September 2022
Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Pay Structure | Pay benchmarking | Job evaluation | Pay Review
Instances of unequal pay can manifest all too easily, but they can also be guarded against by putting checks and balances in place and maintaining those with regular auditing. My three main areas to focus on when considering pay gaps and inequality are pay structures, annual pay review and pay policy.
What does gender pay gap reporting say about your business?
22 April 2022
Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting
Since the Gender Pay Gap Regulations came into effect in 2017 organisations with more than 250 employees have been reporting their gender pay gap. Increasingly organisations with fewer than 250 employees, and therefore not required to report, have been publishing their gender pay gap as the importance and value of reporting continues to be seen.
Pay Inequality: what could go wrong?
18 March 2021
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.
Equal Pay – are we making progress?
23 September 2020
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.
Now is a crucial time for action on Gender Pay – and here’s why
17 April 2018
HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Analytics | Reward
Gender Pay is a hot topic, but the real test will be whether companies can reduce their gap over the next few years. Director of Consulting Deborah Rees-Frost explains why now is such an important time for improving your results, and offers some top tips to get started.
Left it late? Get back on track with gender pay
20 March 2018
HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Pay & Reward | Good data | Analytics | New Year | Reward
Worried about missing the gender pay deadline? Deborah Rees-Frost explains why you're unlikely to be alone, and what to do if you're running out of time.
Fairness in Pay Part 3 - Equal Pay: Time for a rethink
27 February 2018
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Pay & Reward | Reward
Here at Innecto we’ve been conducting equal pay audits for over a decade, but recent cases have shown that some employers are only now realising the extent of the problem. Client Director Justine Woolf brings some fresh thinking to the question of how we in HR can make sure every employee gets a fair deal.
Fairness in Pay Part 1 - Job Evaluation: Every little helps
13 February 2018
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Pay & Reward | Evaluate | Recognition | Pay Review | Reward
We're starting a 3-part series today on fair pay. Both gender pay and equal pay have been in the news recently and it's important to get ahead of the issues they bring up for discussion. First up, it's Sarah Lardner explaining how job evaluation can help prevent equal pay claims.
Who's afraid of the big bad bonus gap?
17 October 2017
HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Reward Consultancy | Bonus | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Pay & Reward | Measuring pay | Women in leadership | HR Ethics | Pay Progression
With all the attention on gender pay gap reporting, why are so many companies glossing over their bonus gap? Reward analyst Roy Curnick takes a closer look at the figures.
The BBC, gender pay and the underrated role of pay governance
25 July 2017
HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Remcom | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Reward Intelligence
Following last week's revelation of the BBC's top talent earnings, Deborah Rees explores the underrated role of pay governance in gender pay...
What does the result of the election mean for reward?
20 June 2017
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Pay & Reward | National Living Wage
Shocking election results seem to have become the norm and the recent election was no different. With a Conservative government with a Democratic Unionist Party alliance, we look to see where the common ground may be. Read more...
