Publishing your ethnicity pay gap data
The borough of Ealing boasts a richly diverse workforce, with over 100 languages spoken throughout the community. However, there is still more to be done to make sure that pay and progression in the workplace is fair for all ethnic groups, and barriers to entering the labour market are removed.
Following the demands of Ealing’s Race Equality Commission (EREC), the council are encouraging businesses across the borough to analyse and report on their ethnicity pay voluntarily.
What is an ethnicity pay gap?
A pay gap is the difference between the median (or mean) hourly pay of employees. For ethnicity pay calculations, this would involve employers calculating whether employees in a certain ethnic group earn x% less or x% more than employees of a different ethnicity per hour.
Why publish your ethnicity pay gap?
Publishing your ethnicity pay gap demonstrates a commitment to taking action on discrimination. Being a more inclusive company can help attract talent, retain staff and improve employee performance.
Monster, a global recruitment website, found that almost two-thirds of employees would reject a job offer if it came from an organisation with a culture that didn't support diversity.
How do I calculate my ethnicity pay gap?
Ethnicity pay reporting: guidance for employers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Ealing Council have also partnered with University of West London to research the ethnicity pay gap in the borough. Using a range of existing data sources, this research will help to identify particular geographies and sectors where there are particularly wide variations in gross earnings between ethnic groups. The findings will be published by March 2025.
Get ahead of the curve
The Employment Rights Bill 2024 confirms the government's intention to bring forward a separate Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. According to the government’s ‘next steps’ paper, that Bill will make provision for extending pay gap reporting to ethnicity and disability for employers with more than 250 staff, as well as measures on equal pay.