Equal pay
Supplement to Daily Mirror column 23
February 2006
Some important points additional to the
Daily Mirror article:
A change in contract
(even just the pay clause) or change in job role may start time
limits running.
For useful resources from the Equal
Opportunities Commission see :
Help line: 0845 601
5901
These resources include:
1. Code of Practice on Equal Pay
2. Equal Pay Review Kit (outlined below)
- there is also a Review Kit for small businesses -
www.eoc.org.uk/cseng/advice/equalpay.asp
This toolkit gives advice to employers on good equal pay practice.
It is a step-by-step model on how to conduct a pay review.
Reference sources:
The inequality figures given in the Mirror
piece came from the EOC on the gender figures, and a TUC survey for
the race figures.
The following information is about work
issues and average pay for different groups (not pay disparities
for the same work or work of equal value).
Disability
6.8 million disabled of
working age in Britain - 1 in 5 of working population
Only 50% of disabled
people of working age are in employment compared to 81% of
non-disabled people
1 million disabled
people without a job want to work
The average gross hourly
pay of disabled workers is 10% less than non-disabled - £9.36 per
hour compared with £10.39 per hour
Source: DRC Employment and Welfare
Briefing, May 2005
Race
A single figure is not quoted because of wide
variations between ethnic groups. Some statistics are:
BEM make up 6.7% of the
working age population
They are projected to
account for over half the growth in Britain's working-age
population over the next decade because they have a younger age
profile than population as a whole
Bangladeshis, Pakistanis
and Black men and women are consistently the most
disadvantaged
Black Caribbeans earn
over £100 less per week than their white counterparts and
Pakistanis earn over £150 less
Source: Cabinet Office Ethnic Minorities
and the Labour Market, March 2003 and Social Trends 35 2005,
ONS
We do not have any figures on pay disparities
based on religion or sexual orientation.
