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    Gender Pay Gap

    East Dunbartonshire Council calculates its gender pay gap on an annual basis in accordance with our duties arising from the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.

    In addition, the Council conducts regular equal pay reviews to ensure that all staff are paid fairly and equitably. 

    The Act requires public bodies with a workforce of more than 250 employees to publish gender pay gap which is a calculation undertaken to measure the difference between men and women’s average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) across an organisation or the labour market. This is expressed as a percentage of men’s earnings, 

    East Dunbartonshire Council has three distinct grading structures:

    • Local Government – Grades 3 to 17 
    • Teachers
    • Chief officials.

    Gender Pay Gap – definition

    The gender pay gap is defined as the difference in the average hourly wage of all men and women across an organisation.

    Gender Pay Gap – calculation

    The gender pay gap is always expressed as a percentage, and is calculated by detailing the difference between the average hourly pay rate of male employees and the average hourly pay rate of female employees. When a negative figure is calculated it means that the average pay of men is lower than women and a positive figure shows the average male pay is higher. 

    The Council has compiled data to include in this report which has been obtained from our HR & Payroll System as at the 31st March 2023 and include the following employees:

    Gender pay gap definition table

    gender pay gap definition data scope and demographic
    Data scope Demographic

    Employee groups

    Local Government employees, teaching staff and chief officers

    Employees excluded

    Agency workers, supply

    Contracts

    Permanent, fixed term, temporary

    Payments

    Ordinary pay, inc basic pay, contractual overtime

    The headcount of relevant employees is 5169, these employees hold a total of 5380 contracts within the dataset as at 31 March 2023.

    The gender split of employees within the data set is:

    Female: 76%
    Male: 24%

    The split between full and part time within the genders is as follows:

    Female

    Full time: 49%
    Part time: 51%

    Male

    Full time: 85%
    Part time: 15%

    The employee breakdown of full time and part time is detailed below:

    Full Time Male 1105, Female 1872, Grand total 2977, Part Time Male 271, Female 2325, Grand total 2596, Grande Total, Male 1376, Female 4197, Grand total 5573.Full Time Male 1061, Female 1927, Grand total 2988, Part Time Male 192, Female 1989, Grand total 2181, Grand Total, Male 1253, Female 3916, Grand total 5169
    Full Time Male 1061, Female 1927, Grand total 2988, Part Time Male 192, Female 1989, Grand total 2181, Grand Total, Male 1253, Female 3916, Grand total 5169

    The gender split within East Dunbartonshire Council follows the Scottish and wider UK trends, which show that a far greater percentage of employees working within local authorities are female. The data produced also shows that those female employees are far more likely to be employed on a part time basis.

    Methodology and calculation

    As in previous years, the Council has carried out its calculations in accordance with guidance provided in the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017. These are calculated in hourly rates of pay with data based on salaries as at March 2023.

    Mean Gender Pay Gap

    The mean average hourly rate of pay has been calculated by adding all individual employees’ hourly rate of pay and dividing by the total number of employees included in the data set. The mean average gender pay gap for East Dunbartonshire Council is 4.20%.

    Mean average hourly rate

    Male: £19.42
    Female: £18.60
    Difference: £0.82

    Mean Average Gap: 4.20%

    Mean average hourly rate for men £19.42 and Female £18.60
    Mean average hourly rate for men £19.42 and Female £18.60

    Median Gender Pay Gap

    The median hourly rate is calculated by ranking the all hourly rates earned within East Dunbartonshire Council from the lowest paid to the highest paid and taking the hourly rate for the person in middle. The median gender pay gap is the difference between women’s median and the men’s median and expressing this as a percentage.

    The median gender pay gap is lower than the mean at 0%.

    Median average hourly rate

    Male: £16.45
    Female: £16.45
    Difference: £0.00

    Mean Average Gap: 0%

    Male median hourly rate £16.45, Female Median hourly rate £16.45
    Male median hourly rate £16.45, Female Median hourly rate £16.45

    Bonus analysis

    East Dunbartonshire Council does not make bonus remunerations to any group of employees. There is no Bonus Gender Pay Gap within East Dunbartonshire Council.

    Quartile

    Due to the nature of the pay structures and the number of contracts which attract the same hourly rate it is not possible to split the employee group at the “natural” points. The employee group has been split to provide a good distribution of contracts per quartile.

    This update has been produced in accordance with the Council’s commitment to monitoring and promoting equality across the organisation.

    Quartile lower

    Female: 87%

    Male: 13%

    Total: 1232

    Min £: £10.98

    Max £: £12.98

    Quartile Lower Middle

    Female: 65%

    Male:35%

    Total: 1251

    Min £: £13.25

    Max £: £16.45

    Quartile Upper Middle

    Female:72%

    Male:28%

    Total: 1275

    Min £: £16.45

    Max £:£24.28

    Quartile Upper

    Female: 79%

    Male: 21%

    Total: 1411

    Min £: £24.82

    Max £: £78.30