Issue - meetings

Report of Assistant Director Human Resources.

Purpose of report

To provide the Personnel Committee (PC) with the latest Gender Pay Gap report for information.

Recommendations

The Personnel Committee resolves:

1.1      To review the latest Gender Pay Gap report provided for information.

Resolved 

(1)      That, having given due consideration, the Gender Pay Gap report be noted.

The Committee considered a report from the Assistant Director Human Resources which provided the Committee with the latest Gender Pay Gap report for information ahead of it being published on the council’s website by 30 March 2025.

In introducing the report, the Portfolio Holder Corporate Services advised Members that the Gender Pay Gap report outlined a mean difference in pay between men and women of 4.97%, with men earning an average of £1.01 more an hour than women. For the third year in a 4-year period, there had been no median pay difference between men and women. Even with a mean difference of 4.97% CDC remained significantly lower than the national public sector mean pay gap of 12.9%, and the median pay gap of 13.5%.

In response to a question regarding progress in addressing the gender balance in more male dominated departments, the Assistant Director Human Resources explained that the recruitment process sought to place the best candidate for the role wherever possible and that departments such as Waste Collection and Street Cleansing remained male dominated due to the nature of the work. Continuous monitoring would enable the council to focus its attention on areas of improvement.

In response to a question as to whether the council monitored the work other councils were undertaking to address any imbalances within their work force regarding gender and pay, the Assistant Director Human Resources advised that the council did not currently monitor other authorities work on gender statistics and pay but would seek information should it be required. 

Resolved 

(1)    That, having given due consideration, the Gender Pay Gap report be noted.