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Pay Gaps #27 – Don’t mention the Disability Pay Gap!

June 11, 2022 By Nigel

“I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it!”

Basil Fawlty didn’t get away with it in Torquay and neither did this manager.

HR Manager – “Our disability pay gap is zero which surprises me”

Me – “How many disabled employees do you have?”

My response sums up my view on Disability Pay Gap Reporting (DPGR).  The manager commented on their pay gap whilst I queried their employment gap.  As a statistician who happens to be disabled, I consider the conventional disability pay gap statistic to be at best irrelevant and at worse a lie.

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: Disability, Disabled, Disparity, Employment Gap, Pay Gaps, Representation Gap

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