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Pay Gaps #10 – Should the UK introduce Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting?

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After two years of mandatory gender pay gap reporting, there is increasing pressure to bring in pay gap reporting for other protected characteristics.  At the moment, ethnicity is receiving the greatest attention and a number of politicians are calling for the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting.

In this post, I will explain why I am opposed to an ethnicity pay gap reporting process which simply replicates the gender pay gap reporting process.  In a future post, I will explore what an ethnicity pay gap reporting process should look like if parliament decides it wants to make this law.

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Stats in the News #3 – Did I change Bath’s Clean Air Zone plans?

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The city of Bath is among a number of cities in the UK tasked with reducing Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions.  NOx pollution is thought to contribute to poor health and the government has required clean air plans from the relevant local authorities to be in place before 2021.  I had no idea that this would result in my statistical expertise being needed to answer a political row over the BathBreathes2021 plans to charge cars driving into Bath and you can read my report to see what my answer was!

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Pay Gaps #9 – How to close your gender pay gap with DMAIC

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So you’ve measured your gender pay gap (correctly I hope!) but you don’t know what to do next?

You are not alone, many employers are still getting their heads around how to interpret their pay gaps and are struggling to work out what it means for them.  One outcome is that many consultants are out there waiting to advise you and among them are statisticians like me.  But what exactly is it that statisticians bring to the party compared to other consultants?  One answer is that statisticians use DMAIC to help organisations improve the quality of their products, services and processes.

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Pay Gaps #8 – My Evidence to the Treasury Select Committee

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On June 5th 2019, I had the privilege of being able to talk to the Treasury Select Committee about the “Effectiveness of Gender Pay Gap Reporting“.  My name was put forward by the Royal Statistical Society and we spent an hour discussing a number of issues with a particular focus on the Finance sector.

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EU Election 2019 #1 – How many MEPs will each party win?

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Here is my forecast for the election that was not supposed to be happening in the UK.  The Brexit Party is well on course to be the largest party and could even set the record for the best ever vote share by a party in the d’Hondt era of EU elections in the UK.  At the same time, the Liberal Democrats have the possibility of beating both the Conservatives and Labour parties in a UK-wide election for the first time since 1906.

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UK Economy Tracker #4 – 2019 Q1

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It’s taken 10 years but the UK is finally experiencing true wage growth that outpaces inflation.  With employment and economic activity at record levels, the UK economy should be in good shape but the basic problem of low growth is still there.  Our economy still needs to place itself on a stronger footing ahead of a rising probability of another recession in the near future.

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