AAT mean gender and ethnicity pay gaps widen in 2023
The date comes from the AAT’s latest gender and ethnicity pay gap report, which was published ahead of Equal Pay Day this Wednesday (22 November)
The AAT revealed that the mean gender pay gap has widened from negative 0.2% in 2022 to 3.1% in favour of women in 2023, while the median gender pay gap increased from 9.8% to 17.3% during the same period.
The date comes from the AAT’s latest gender and ethnicity pay gap report, which was published ahead of Equal Pay Day this Wednesday (22 November).
The mean ethnicity pay gap increased slightly to 25.3% in 2023, up from 24% in 2022. The median ethnicity pay gap rose from 23.6% to 25.6% during the same period.
For bonuses, the mean gender bonus gap rose slightly to negative 9.7% from negative 11.9% in 2022, revealing there is still a bonus gap in favour of women. The mean ethnicity bonus gap was 14.3%, a decrease from 15.5% in 2022. The median bonus gap was 0% for both gender and ethnicity.
As of 5 April 2023, 15% of AAT’s upper pay quartile were from ethnic minority backgrounds, while over half (52%) of the upper pay quartile were female.
According to the association, it is already taking steps to reduce these pay gaps by developing a specific action plan to support recruitment and progression of ethnic minority staff to more senior grades and implementing a new HR system which introduced name blind recruitment for the first time.
Olivia Hill, people director of AAT, said: “AAT remains strongly committed to diversity and inclusion within the organisation. Our priority is to enable all our staff to bring their whole self to work and achieve their full potential.
“Whilst it is disappointing that our mean gender and ethnicity pay gaps have widened since 2022, we are taking ongoing action to tackle this. This includes introducing name-blind recruitment, as well as developing actions that will support the recruitment and progression of ethnic minority staff. This effort has already been recognised by the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion, who awarded us a bronze TIDE award in 2023 for our work in this area.”
She added: “We will continue to gather feedback from across the business and embed this into our ongoing diversity and inclusion strategy, to ensure all employees are recognised for their contribution and rewarded fairly for their hard work.”
