Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the City Solicitor & Head of HR.

The Executive received the Gender Pay Gap Report, which was a statutory requirement of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017, for local authorities who employed more than 250 or more employees. The report was an annual snap shot taken from 31 March 2019, and presented a detailed list of hourly pay rates between male and female staff.

Particular reference was made to the legislation that had been introduced by central government to ensure that the gap between men and women was publically available. Members were referred to the gender pay figures listed in the report, which showed that on average, female pay of £14.02 per hour was more than that of male pay of £13.32 per hour.

Member’s attention was drawn to the quartile range listed in the report which showed the comparisons of male and female pay from lower level to upper level and the percentage comparisons between the two.

During the discussion, Members commented that the report indicated a significant achievement for Exeter City Council, who were one of the leading Councils for female pay.

RECOMMENDED to Council that:-

(1)  the report be reviewed annually to track the relationship between both female and male earnings; and

(2)  the Gender Pay Gap Report be published on the Exeter City Council website and on the centrally held database on gov.uk.