The gender pay gap is the difference in average earnings between all men and women in an organisation, regardless of their roles. It is based on a series of calculations set out by the government and is significantly influenced by the difference in the number of men and women at various levels.
Equal pay is different from the gender pay gap. Equal pay deals with the pay men and women receive for doing the same or similar roles, or work of equal value. The way the government has asked companies to report means that even when pay is equal, there may still be a gender pay gap.
The government has asked us to do this in certain ways.
Under the regulations, the way we are asked to calculate the bonus gap uses actual bonus paid across all men and all women. It does not take into account where bonus is pro-rated for part-time hours. We are required to provide both median and mean figures.
Harrison Spinks employ over 500 people throughout the business
in various roles. Across the business 80% of all staff are male with females
taking up just 20% of total roles.
The majority of our job roles are the manufacturing of our various products (mattresses, headboards, divans, springs etc.) and of these manufacturing roles 87% of employees are male. The majority of female roles within Harrison Spinks are office jobs such as customer service or Finance.
We have found that the gender pay gap within Harrison Spinks exists due to the structure of the organisation, with the majority of our senior roles occupied by men. 80% of our board members, some of our most senior job roles, are male which is a clear indication that we need to improve the representation of women in senior positions across the business. This is also evidenced in our bonus pay gap - senior positions within the business have larger salaries and a greater bonus potential than manufacturing roles, which are our lowest paying jobs. Again, this is an area which has seen improvement since last year, with the average bonus paid in favour of female employees.
All employees are paid according to their job role, not according to their gender. Harrison Spinks are committed to pay equality for the same job roles across the business. As the figures show, there is a clear indication that there is work to do regarding representation of females at senior levels within Harrison Spinks and we look forward to making sure we look at new and different ways to reach our goals.