Blackwell's Gender Pay Gap Statement
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Blackwell's Gender Pay Gap: Reporting year 2020 to 2021
What is the Gender Pay Gap?
The gender pay gap is defined as the difference in median pay between men and women.
The gender pay gap is not about equal pay. Equal pay deals with the pay differences between men and women who carry out the same jobs, similar jobs or work of equal value and it is unlawful to pay people unequally because they are a man or a woman.
What is Blackwell's Gender Pay Gap?
The numbers below are calculated at the snapshot date of 5th April 2020
| Calculation | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Average gender pay gap as a mean average | 19.3 |
| 2 | Average gender pay gap as a median average | 27 |
| 3 | Average bonus gender pay gap as a mean average | 23.9 |
| 4 | Average bonus gender pay gap as a median average | 0 |
| 5 | Proportion of males receiving a bonus payment | 3.6 |
| Proportion of females receiving a bonus payment | 2.2 | |
| Calculation – Proportion in each quartile bands | Males % | Females % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Upper | 56 | 44 |
| Upper middle | 56 | 44 | |
| Lower middle | 53 | 47 | |
| Lower | 56 | 44 | |
Understanding the results
The data at the snapshot date of April 2020 is heavily distorted by the number of our shop-based managers and booksellers furloughed during the first Covid-19 lockdown. At the time all the shops were closed and only 64 out of 495 employees were paid full pay and therefore relevant to this calculation. The 64 employees comprised mainly of those in the central support teams, those working for digital and development and those in the distribution centre and shops supporting online sales and fulfilment.
The bonus data is calculated from bonuses paid over the year up to April 2020. Bonuses paid out were to some Directors (before the Directors scheme closed), the distribution centre team and for long service awards in the year.
Blackwell's Plan
The data this year is not an accurate picture of our Gender Pay Gap due to the use of the Government Job Retention Scheme for retail employees in this period.
Nevertheless, we recognise that a Gender Pay Gap still exists within the business and Blackwell’s remains committed to iteratively reducing this.
More detail is laid out in our 2020-21 report which is published alongside this.