Welsh companies have failed to take back control of gender pay gap

Welsh companies have failed to take back control of gender pay gap

Welsh companies failing to address gender pay gap, 11.1% gender pay difference in Wales by year (median weekly earnings full-time employees excluding overtime (Stats Wales 2018)

GPG Deadline reporting date (Private Sector):  4 April 2019

Ann Francke CEO of The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) ahead of the deadline for private sector companies to report the gender pay gap in their workforce has said that companies in Wales are not doing enough to address the gender pay gap (GPG).

“The median pay gap appears to have widened across the board, with many companies expected to report a greater gap than last year. The numbers are clearly not moving in the right direction. We have failed to take back control of our gender pay gap (GPG).”

“Too many organisations have settled for ticking boxes rather deal with gender pay gap, an outcome I think can be laid at Brexit’s door. Most leaders have been preoccupied preparing plans for a dizzying array of outcomes whilst in parallel investing in no-deal preparations they hope won’t come to pass. They only have a discrete amount of time in the day, and Brexit has taken up all the breathing space. Gender Pay Gap has been starved of oxygen in businesses and boardrooms and up and down the Wales.”