The Assistant Director of HR and Organisation Development submitted a report for onward submission to Personnel Committee on 16 March 2022, presenting the Council’s Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap reports for 2021.  The following documents were attached to the report:

Appendix 1 - Gender Pay Gap Report for 2021

Appendix 2 - Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for 2021

Appendix 3 - Workforce Profile Report for 2020/21.

The report explained that the mean gender pay gap was 2.06%, meaning that women earnt 2.06% less per hour, on average, than men.  The median gender pay gap was 4.91% and the mean ethnicity pay gap was 4.26%, meaning the Black. Asian and Minority Ethnic employees were paid 4.26% less per hour, on average, than White employees.  The median ethnicity pay gap was 5.69% and the report provided a further breakdown of ethnicity pay gaps for different ethnic groups. 

The report also presented the Workforce Profile for 2020/21 which provided a summary of equalities monitoring data and trends over time.  It covered data on the protected characteristics of the current workforce and job applicants in 2020/21 and compared it to the previous two financial years (2018/19 and 2019/20) where relevant.

The findings from the Workforce Profile for 2020/21 and the Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap reports for 2021 would be used alongside the findings of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Audit that had been carried out by BITC to inform the development of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for the Council.

AGREED –

(1)          That the following reports be noted:

·       Gender Pay Gap Report 2021;

·       Ethnicity Pay Gap Report 2021;

·       Workforce Profile 2021;

(2)         That updated Gender Pay Gap and Ethnicity Pay Gap reports be submitted to the next meeting of the Personnel Committee, to be held on 14 July 2022.