Gender Pay Gap
This coverage examines the gender pay gap in the UK retail sector, offering insights for executives, managers, and HR professionals. Reporting includes regulatory updates, company disclosures, workforce analysis, and strategies to address pay disparities. The analysis helps professionals understand the implications of the gender pay gap for employee engagement, compliance, and organisational reputation.
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Aug- 2018 -2 AugustGovernment
Businesses with over 50 employees asked to publish gender pay results
A report by the business, energy and industrial strategy committee has called on government to ask businesses publish gender pay gap data to those with over 50 employees. The report recommends a “widening of the net of companies” required to report and for companies to be required to publish action…
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1 AugustHR
Men in retail more likely to be scrutinised for appearance at work
Men who work in retail jobs are more likely to be scrutinised for their appearance than women, according to new data. Research from job search website CV-Library found 21.4% of retail employees have to follow gender-specific rules at work, despite 61.9% agreeing that these rules are sexist. The study of…
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Jun- 2018 -13 JuneAnalysis
Narrowing the split: The gender pay gap in e-commerce
The gender pay gap has been a topic of conversation throughout 2018 with the heightened publicity surrounding the BBC’s salaries, and over 10,000 UK firms including JP Morgan and Ryanair, exposing the extent of its salary differences just last month. The pay gap is clearly an issue across a number…
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May- 2018 -30 MayOnline & Digital
Women paid ‘significantly’ less in ecommerce roles, research reveals
Men in the ecommerce industry are earning 26% more than women, according to new research. The findings from ecommerce and digital recruitment agency, Cranberry Panda, has revealed that the average salary for men per annum sits at £60,606, while women earn an average of £46,564. A survey was conducted with…
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Mar- 2018 -29 MarchHR
Ikea reports lower than average gender pay gap
Ikea has revealed that its gender pay gap is 6.9%, which is significantly lower than the UK retail average of 16.4%. Women who work in the distribution division of the company are paid an average of 0.9% more than their male counterparts. That particular department makes up just under one…
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23 MarchAdvice
Gender pay gap reporting: Why you should see it as an opportunity
With just less than a month until the gender pay gap (GPG) reporting deadline, less than 15% of eligible organisations have published their results, with some experts predicting that a sizeable proportion will fail to make the early-April cut-off. No doubt many employers view GPG reporting as an administrative headache…
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19 MarchGovernment
H&M gender pay disparity
Clothing retailer H&M’s latest gender pay report has shown the gap in both median and mean figures is well below those of both the UK retail and wider industries. The company’s median pay gap was 3.94%, compared with the retail average of 9.3% and the UK average of 18.4%,…
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Feb- 2018 -27 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Marks and Spencer publishes gender pay gap figures
Marks and Spencer is the latest retailer to publish its gender pay gap figures, with a claim that its gaps were lower than both the UK and retail average. For the year of 2017, the company reported a mean pay gap of 12.3% between its male and female staff, while…
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23 FebruaryNews
Aldi discloses 4.8% gender pay gap
Aldi has revealed a median gender pay gap of 4.8%, well below the national average. The discount supermarket said that this is a result of “having more men than women in store management positions in the upper quartile”, and gave the example of graduate area sales managers, who all join…
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22 FebruaryGovernment
Tesco to reveal gender pay gap statistics
Supermarket giant Tesco is the first in the UK to reveal its gender pay gap statistics. A report made by the group showed its median gender pay gap was 8.7%, which is below the UK average median pay gap of 18.4%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). According…
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