Issue - meetings

Report of Assistant Director of 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 and note the Gender Pay Gap Report, which is submitted for information

Resolved   

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

The Assistant Director Human Resources submitted a report 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 2026.

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 3.1%, with men earning an average of £0.65 more an hour than women. For the fourth year in a 4-year period, there had been no median pay difference between men and women. Even with a mean difference of 3.1% CDC remained significantly lower than the national public sector mean pay gap of 12.3%, and the median pay gap of 13.5%.

In response to a question regarding management development and training for female staff and whether processes were in place to encourage equal opportunities for senior roles within the organisation, the Assistant Director Human Resources explained that the Council was a equal opportunity employer and that the recruitment process was under review with the aim to understand and remove barriers that may prohibit progression and opportunities for all staff.

Resolved   

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