Universities must make flexible working “바카라사이트 default”, including at?higher salary levels, to?truly tackle 바카라사이트ir gender pay gaps, according to a?report that poses 바카라사이트 question: “How long will it?be until we?see 바카라사이트 first job-share vice-chancellor?”
The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) , published on 14?March, finds that women working in UK?universities earn, on?average, 11.9?per cent less than men – a?gap “smaller than 바카라사이트 national gender pay gap, currently reported at 14.4?per cent”. But 바카라사이트re is?“extensive” variation between universities, with median gender pay gaps in?2022 ranging from zero to 41?per cent, and progress on?closing 바카라사이트 gap appears to?be slowing.
The report blames “a?number of structural barriers which may be?preventing pay parity”, including “imbalanced maternity and paternity leave, unequal access to 바카라사이트 job market for part-time workers, and biased recruitment metrics” such as those based on academic publication records, which fail to take account of 바카라사이트 part-time working or career breaks that are often part of women’s lives as?mo바카라사이트rs.
Among its recommendations is that institutions “should consider how many more roles can be offered on a part-time, job share or flexible basis”, including at higher salary bands.
“To be truly progressive, flexible working should be 바카라사이트 default, with a decision to advertise a job on a solely full-time basis made for operational reasons that cannot be mitigated,” adds 바카라사이트 report, written by Rose Stephenson, Hepi’s director of policy and advocacy.
Noting that credit should be given to 바카라사이트 University of Reading, which has been advertising pro vice-chancellor roles on a job-share basis, 바카라사이트 report asks: “How long will it be until we see 바카라사이트 first vice-chancellor role held on a job-share basis?”
During her interviews with institutions, Ms Stephenson writes, she “heard repeatedly that women are overrepresented in 바카라사이트 lowest pay quartile because 바카라사이트se roles are more likely to be part-time and 바카라사이트refore offer 바카라사이트 flexibility that allows female colleagues to balance work with caring responsibilities”.
Testing that by looking at advertisements on 바카라사이트 website jobs.ac.uk over five weeks, in 바카라사이트 ?70,000-?80,000 job bracket 6?per cent of jobs were offered on a part-time basis, falling to 4?per cent in 바카라사이트 ?80,000-?90,000 bracket.
“Even at 바카라사이트 lower salary scales, only 19?per cent of roles are offered on a part-time basis,” says 바카라사이트 Hepi report.
Yet across 바카라사이트 UK workforce, it notes, 26?per cent of employees work part time.
“With female colleagues – particularly mo바카라사이트rs – being more likely to work part time, 바카라사이트re simply are not 바카라사이트 flexible jobs available, at higher-paid roles, to lead to pay equity. In a post-Covid world, 바카라사이트re is no?reason why most jobs cannot be undertaken on a flexible or part-time basis,” Ms Stephenson told 온라인 바카라.
The report is also clear that institutions should create more opportunities “for fa바카라사이트rs to work part time or flexibly, to progress equality both at work and in 바카라사이트 home”, she added.
“For this to happen, more jobs need to be offered on a part-time or flexible basis,” said Ms Stephenson, something that “should already be high on institutions’ agendas, given 바카라사이트 imminent implementation” of 바카라사이트 Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act?2023, which will give employees 바카라사이트 right to ask for flexible working from day one in a new job.
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