Tackling the Gender Pay Gap

THERE are many ways of measuring the Gender Pay Gap.

Statistically it makes sense to look at the median, and according to the Gender Pay Gap reporting required by firms of over 250 staff, it is 9.4% and has been 9.4% since these figures were first required to be reported.

However, whichever statistic you look at, the estimate from the Office of National Statistics, mean or median, the answer comes back the same - women are paid less than men.

This is the fifth time councils have been required to publish their Gender Pay Gaps and for Wokingham Borough Council the gap persists.

The 2022/23 reported gap for hourly median pay is 15.6%. Wokingham does not compare well with the average for local councils. Of the 292 who had so far reported