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INDUSTRY INSIGHT


of women to 90% of men in the lowest quartile, 22% of women in the lower middle quartile and the upper middle quartile, and again only 10% of women represented in the highest paid top quartile of the business.


More to be done Squire’s, a family owned group of garden centres reports women’s mean hourly rate is 12.8% lower than men’s and the median hourly rate is 1.5% lower than men’s. Squire’s


Garden Centres says


in its report: “At board level, two of the seven directors are female. Women are also well represented in department head and other senior roles at our group office, including in our HR, marketing, finance, facilities and buying functions. Of our fifteen garden centre managers three


are female, including


more to be done to close the gap and we are not complacent in this.” Squire’s deputy chairman Sarah Squire says: “At Squire’s we are


proud to offer fair, equitable pay to all our employees regardless of gender.” HHGL Limited (trading as and


Homebase Bunnings) has


analysed pay for all team members in England, Scotland and Wales, and found that the company employs almost an equal amount of men and women (50.6% men and 49.4% women) and “is committed to ensuring everyone has the same opportunities.” As of April 5, 2017, the company had identified a mean hourly pay gap of 10.9% and a median hourly pay gap of 5.4%. The pay gap is “attributable to a greater proportion of men than women in the upper-quartile.”


the


manager of one of our two largest turnover garden centres. “We still recognise that there is


No median pay gap was identified for team members in the lower, lower-mid and upper-mid quartiles, and the mean pay gap in those quartiles ranged from less than 1%, to just under 2% in favour of women. It was also found that a mean bonus gap of 67.3% and a median bonus gap of 68.5%. This bonus gap, which mostly consisted of commission- based payments, is “attributable to a


“At Dobbies ‘we are passionate about doing things better’ and are confident that by understanding the gap we will take the appropriate actions to continue to work towards making Dobbies a business where every colleague can reach their full potential.”


greater proportion of the more senior positions being occupied by men, and we are committed to reducing this gap going forward,” says HHGL in its report.


Rebecca Hilsenrath is chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which can prosecute large companies that have not reported their gender pay gap details. “We’re looking at approximately 1,500 companies which haven’t reported,” Ms Hilsenrth told the BBC. “We’re obviously pleased with the rate of reporting, but it is the law, it’s not an option. It is the right thing to do, and we will be enforcing against


all those organisations which failed to meet the deadline.”


She believes that, in practice, this would mean a statutory investigation process.


The EHRC will be sending letters to all of those organisations, and they will then have 28 days to respond. Terms of reference will then be issued for the enforcement process, which will be made public. “This is going to be a very public affair. It will impact quite considerably on members of the public, people who work for them, and you’ll see a growing backlash against people who aren’t complying,” she said.


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11 MAY 2018 DIY WEEK 17


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