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Gender Pay Gap Disclosure

By Randi Morrison posted 05-18-2018 07:45 AM

  

UK Society member-shared insights note the perceived effectiveness by corporates and investors alike of this European airline easyJet Gender Pay Gap disclosure posted on the company's Corporate Responsibility webpage. While regulatory schemes differ, US companies are increasingly being pressured to voluntarily tell their gender pay gap story, along with plans to rectify unwarranted gaps. Depending on particular facts & circumstances, the reader-friendly easyJet graphic may thus be instructive for companies in the US or elsewhere.

EasyJet's disclosure shows that its pay gap is wholly position-based - with pilots, i.e., the highest paying position (average salary £92,200), comprised predominantly of males, and the cabin crew, i.e., the lowest paying position (average salary £25,500), comprised predominantly of females - and management & administrative positions falling in between the two extremes (38% female/62% male @ average salary £53,900). The  report notes that the company is seeking to encourage more women to become pilots through a 2015-launched initiative that aims for 20% of its new entrant pilots to be female by 2020.

          See also this New York Times article: "The Gender Pay Gap: Trying to Narrow It" ; last week's report: "Be Proactive on Gender Pay Gap Issues"; and  additional resources here and here.

          This post first appeared in this week's Society Alert!

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