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Pay Gaps #28 – Does the NHS Harm Gender Equality?

February 17, 2023 By Nigel

“We’re committed to Gender Equality!”

As we approach International Women’s Day next month, expect to see more and more employers saying something like this in their PR.  It’s an easy statement to make but what does Gender Equality mean to them and you?  To encourage employers to be clearer on what this means for them, I want to explore 6 possible definitions.  Along the way, I show some definitions of gender equality are out of reach unless half a million women working for the NHS are replaced by men.

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: Disparity, Employment Gap, gender dominance, gender equality, Gender Parity, Gender Pay Gap, Pay Gaps, Representation Gap, Swap Number

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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