4.1
The council’s overall workforce disability profile based on this reporting data is 92.3% with no disability and 7.7% disabled. These figures exclude employees who have declined to provide equalities data.
4.2
3,660 employees are included in the reporting data. These employees held 3,761 job roles in the pay period comprising of 3,531 contracted roles and 230 casual roles. As per applied reporting methodology, employees on less than full pay have been excluded.
4.3
The mean hourly rate of pay for disabled employees was £15.88. The mean hourly rate for employees with no disability was £16.64, this results in the reported 4.6% difference.
4.4
The median hourly rate of pay for disabled employees was £14.38. The median hourly rate for employees with no disability was £14.88, this results in the reported 3.4% difference.
4.5
Salary Quartiles. The % of disabled employees in each quartile is lower than the % of employees with no disability. This is similar to the workforce disability profile of 7.7% noted above. The highest % representation of disabled employees is at the lower quartile (8.9%), with lower representation at lower middle quartiles (8%), and upper middle (7%). The upper quartile shows the lowest proportion of disabled employees (6.9%).
4.6
Men and Women. The percentage of female employees who are disabled is 7.4%, and male 8.1%. The median disability pay gap for disabled female employees is 3.4% and for disabled men 2.5%. This means the median earnings of disabled female employees is 3.4% less than female employees with no disability. The median earnings for disabled male employees are 2.5% less than male employees with no disability.
4.7
Working pattern allowances. 21% of the workforce in the snapshot pay period received an allowance in addition to their basic pay. 6% of all employees in receipt of allowance were disabled employees, 94% were employees with no disability. Overall, 17% of all disabled employees received an allowance, compared with 22% of all employees with no disability in receipt of an allowance.
4.8
Pay & Grading. The council’s annual pay policy statement provides details of the council’s pay and grading arrangements and can be referenced via the link at Appendix B.
4.9
Further analysis on the workforce profile for disabled workers can be found in the annual workforce equalities report via the link at Appendix C.