Issue - meetings

This report gives an overview of Oxfordshire County Council's Gender Pay Gap which is required under The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017.

The Remuneration Committee is RECOMMENDED to:

·         Receive the report

·         Recommend the Gender Pay Gap report for 2021 for approval by full council.

Recommendations approved

The Director of Human Resources presented the report and answered a number of questions concerning the statistics.  She emphasised that the pay gap was well below that of the public sector nationally.  She referred, in particular, to the work being done on inclusion initiatives, concentrating on those in the lowest pay quartile. 

Members noted that there had been a decrease in the pay gap, year on year, since 2018 and referred to the importance of apprenticeships in providing opportunities for career progression into higher paid roles within the authority.

RESOLVED to

(1)  receive the report

(2)  recommend the report for approval by the Council