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Equal pay rises up the business agenda

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Equal pay rises up the business agenda

Ensuring equal pay is firmly back on the political and business agenda. According to a recent issue of IDS Report it is now one of the key challenges facing employers .

This 14-page article by Incomes Data Services provides numerous practical insights into recent developments on delivering equal pay and the commitment companies and the Government have made to addressing the issues.

What you will find in this IDS research:

  • Key features of pay systems that can perpetuate or eradicate unequal pay, including: broadbanding, pay structures based on service, rate for the job, performance pay, recruitment salaries, market salaries and pay supplements, bonus payments, job evaluation, part-time work and access to premiums.
  • Case studies of organisations which have made moves to address the issue, including: Abbey National, BT, Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council.
  • Trade union campaigns on equal pay.
  • Key statistical measures of the gender pay gap, drawing on government figures from the Labour Force Survey and New Earnings Survey.

A final word

Ensuring equal pay is now one of the key challenges facing employers and trade unions. Addressing unequal pay is set to cost millions of pounds in the public sector over the next two or three years. - Incomes Data Services.

Want to know more?

Title: The equal pay challenge , IDS Report 856, May 2002.

Availability: Contact customer services at Incomes Data Services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599, or email sales@incomesdata.co.uk.

IDS is an independent research organisation providing information and analysis on pay and conditions, pensions, employment law and personnel policy and practice in the UK and the rest of Europe.

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www.incomesdata.co.uk

Posted 6 June 2002