Most firms neglecting equal pay considerations
Thu, 12 Nov 2009
Just one in five private sector employers measures the gender pay gap in their business, it has been claimed.
According to the autumn 2009 Labour Market Outlook conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and KPMG, public sector organisations could also be doing more to ensure equality.
Despite equal pay monitoring being a statutory requirement among government-funded bodies, two in five employers complete audits merely "to tick the necessary bureaucratic box", the report stated.
This is opposed to the measure being part of an underlying effort to advance gender equality, it added.
Dianah Worman, CIPD diversity adviser, said the government faces an uphill struggle in its efforts to change employer attitude, judging by the survey results.
She added: "The findings overall suggest that compulsory pay audits are at best a blunt instrument for promoting effective action on closing the gender pay gap.
"[They] highlight the need for government to instead focus on helping employers in all sectors understand the business benefits of tackling unfair treatment on pay."
The Trades Union Congress reported in April that the gender pay gap currently stands at 17.1 per cent in the UK.
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