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Pay Gap Case Study #7 – Does the Department for Work & Pensions have a Gender Pay Gap?

March 5, 2023 By Nigel

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) says for every £1 paid to the median man in March 2022, the median woman was also paid £1.  In other words, their 2022 median gender pay gap using hourly pay was 0%.  However, their Gender Swap Number per 1,000 employees for this date was +26 which immediately raises the question “Have the DWP made an error in their calculations like Cleveland Police did in 2017?”  This was my first reaction which seems remarkable for an employer with 91,006 full pay relevant employees on a public sector pay scale and the largest pool of statisticians of any government department.

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: Checking for errors, Creative Pay Gapping, DWP, Gender Pay Gap, Median, Narrative, Representation Gap, Swap Number

Pay Gaps #18 – 10 quick and easy ways to close your gender pay gap!

November 15, 2020 By Nigel

You’ve just calculated your latest gender pay gap.  With a sigh, you note that it is still large and at current rate of progress, it will take you 30 years to close it.  Surely there must be a quicker and easier way to eliminate your pay gap?  The good news is that if you use the 10 tools of Creative Pay Gapping, you can eliminate your pay gap tomorrow!

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: ACAS, Creative Pay Gapping, EHRC, gaming, Gender Pay Gap, GEO, Parliament, Presenting data

Pay Gaps #16 – Eliminate your gender pay gap by playing Blackjack!

August 2, 2020 By Nigel

Imagine where you work, the median women earns 33% less than the median man.  Although your workplace is gender balanced with 50:50 men:women, the pay gap exists because 1 in 4 of managers and 3 in 4 of the lowest paid admin staff are women.  How long will it take for the pay gap to disappear assuming that all future recruitment at all levels have 50:50 candidate pools with men and women equally likely to be appointed to the role?

Up to 25 years i.e. a generation

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: Creative Pay Gapping, gaming, Gender Pay Gap, Presenting data

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