{"id":219,"date":"2022-01-05T09:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T09:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/accommodating-diversity-in-the-workplace\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2024-09-23T09:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T08:13:53","slug":"pay-gaps-and-career-progression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/accommodating-diversity-in-the-workplace\/current-projects\/pay-gaps-and-career-progression\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay gaps and career progression"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You can find out more about some of our project relation to pay gaps and career progression below:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”10″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section add_icon=”true” title=”Understanding Your Pay Gaps” tab_id=”1685115604154-a064a36d-2d79″][vc_column_text]Pay is important for workers, especially a \u201cfair\u201d pay.\u00a0 Workers notice and value how their pay compares to that of similar workers outside \u2013 but especially within \u2013 the organisation.\u00a0 A \u201cfair\u201d pay is needed to retain the best workers and to keep them productive and satisfied with their job.<\/p>\n

Reporting a gender (or ethnicity) pay gap is not a sign that pay within the organisation is unfair.\u00a0 The structure of the organisation, the types of jobs and the (im-)possibility to move across types of jobs may create an organisational pay gap even if all workers are paid equally for the same type of job.\u00a0 Similarly, there may be unequal pay even in those organisations reporting no pay gaps.<\/p>\n

We want to help organisations interested in better understanding where their pay gaps come from, how much of the pay gaps are due to the different types of jobs, and whether they are related to practices that could be improved to reward the best talents, no matter what group they belong to.<\/p>\n

This project is being led by\u00a0Professor Simonetta Longhi<\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section add_icon=”true” title=”Pay Gap Reporting” tab_id=”1685115604164-cdd92013-e503″][vc_column_text]Employers in the UK with 250 employees or more are required to produce yearly reports on their gender pay gaps; some voluntarily report pay gaps for other groups, for example by ethnicity, age groups, and other characteristics. \u00a0Academic research confirms the existence of pay gaps at the national level, but also points to complexities, for example, that not all ethnic minorities experience\u00a0<\/span>pay<\/span>\u00a0gaps, and that ethnic pay gaps tend to be smaller among women than among men1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 The aim of this part of the project is to identify the benefits of reporting of different types of pay gaps, as well as best practices in pay gap reporting that will provide more useful information on how to ensure fairness of pay within the organisation. \u00a0We aim to do this by:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Organising separate brainstorming workshops with employees and employers. \u00a0These will take place in 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Conducting an online survey. \u00a0This will take\u00a0 in Summer 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Working with employers to analyse the effectiveness of various types of interventions. \u00a0This will start in 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This project is being led by\u00a0Professor Simonetta Longhi<\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section add_icon=”true” title=”Understanding the Temporal Dimension of Pay Gaps” tab_id=”1685116192000-57dabcdd-c4c2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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    Academic research, as well as voluntary reports by some employees on various types of pay gaps, suggest that pay gaps exist within organisations and that some organisational practices may be associated with larger pay gaps2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0However, what is still not understood is how much of these gaps are due to differences across generations vs. lack of career progression among some groups of workers. \u00a0The aim of this part of the project is to better understand the temporal dimension of pay gaps. \u00a0We aim to do this by:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Analysing and combining results from various sources of secondary data. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Working with employers to analyse the effectiveness of various types of interventions. \u00a0This will take place in Autumn 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      This project is being led by\u00a0Professor Simonetta Longhi<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      1. <\/a>Longhi S. (2020) Racial wage differentials in developed countries,\u00a0IZA World of Labor<\/i>\u00a02020: 365<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      2. <\/a>Bryson, A., Forth, J., amd Theodoropoulos, N. (2022). The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage Differentials.\u00a0British Journal of Industrial Relations: an international journal of employment relations.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

        [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section add_icon=”true” title=”The Evolution of the Gender Pay Gap: A Comparative Perspective” tab_id=”1685116265526-1385f770-2b94″][vc_column_text]Dr Frances Hamilton<\/a> co-edited a book (co-editor Dr Elisabeth Griffiths<\/a>, Northumbria University) on the topic of the Gender Pay gap in 2023. This edited collection published by Routledge has 11 chapter contributors. Through interdisciplinary research this book seeks to explore the continued cause of the significant gender pay gap that still exists in society. This is despite a wide range of measures having been introduced to protect women at work. For example, this includes in the UK, prohibiting discrimination, providing for maternity leave, maternity pay, health and safety protection for pregnant workers, tax breaks, childcare vouchers, shared parental leave and gender pay gap reporting. This volume makes a significant and original contribution by tackling the topic through fresh historical and activist approaches, specific consideration of certain professions and topical issues such as the gig economy, coronavirus and pay inequalities in a time of austerity. Our comparative approach interrogates how countries studied in this volume have had different approaches and different success in tackling this pervasive issue of gender pay gap. Lessons to learn regarding policy reform, are included in chapter from authors based not only in the UK, but in the US, Australia and the Republic of Ireland. \u00a0The evolution of the gender pay gap: a comparative perspective.<\/a>\u00a0 is available from the Routledge: ISBN: 9781032368160.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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