The gender pay gap for each local authority in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Local authorities have taken steps over the past decade to close the gap but some continue to have disparities in the difference between male and female pay.
The median gap calculates the middle point of the highest and lowest available pay to show the central point for all wages and salaries across an organisation. For middle earners, the authority says the gap is 0.5 per cent – a gap of roughly 1p per every £2 earned. The average pay gap has fallen from 12.3 per cent in 2017 to 7.9 per cent now, while the median gap dropped from 25.4 per cent to 14.4 in the same period.
Cllr Gordon Wheeler , cabinet member for personnel, said last year: “The council is committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of its services and in the employment of its workforce. This is up from 2.26 per cent a year earlier, with the authority saying this is the result of a rise in the number of females taking up jobs in higher-paid roles.
This means the middle rate of pay between the highest and lowest pay of all women at the council is marginally above the same figure for men.Papers provided by the authority reveal the gender split of the authority’s workforce is 53 per cent male and 47 per cent female. However, the authority says the figures vary depending on part-time or full-time employees, with pay gaps both smaller and larger depending on working arrangements.
It shows the median sum of all female pay is 1.51 per cent more than for men, with a higher number of women working in better-paid jobs.A council spokesperson said: “The council is committed to being a fair place to work. The data reveals the average pay for women is 0.68 per cent more than the male average, which is broadly reflected as pay equality.
In a report, the authority added: “Although the data shows a median gender pay gap, the council is confident this does not stem from paying men and women differently for the same or equivalent work. Financially, this works out at the median male hourly rate being £12.20 compared with £11.50 – a gap of 70p.
The authority said: “The council is confident its 6.86 per cent gender pay gap does not stem from paying men and women differently for the same, broadly similar or equivalent work or for work of equal value.
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