On Thursday 15 January, the Health, Wellbeing & Local Government committee of the National Assembly for Wales (NAW) will be holding a scrutiny session into the implementation of Equal Pay.
The agenda for the meeting is available here.
The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) paper to this committee notes the following:
"The latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) data was released on 14th November 2008. This showed that female hourly full-time earnings (excluding overtime) in Wales for 2008 were 87.3 per cent of male hourly full-time earnings (excluding overtime). This represents a widening of the gender pay gap in Wales to 12.7 per cent in 2008 from 10.7 per cent in 2007."
WAG has agreed to support the Wales TUC and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in Wales for the next phase of the Close the Pay Gap Campaign. Three elements of this are:
1. Business Benefits Project: EHRC has begun work on a project to measure the benefits of settling equal pay in a Welsh local authority.
2. Equal Pay Event: WAG will host a Close the Pay Gap event on 11 March, aimed at chief executives of local authorities, council leaders and equality leads as well as decision makers in other statutory bodies.
3. Employer and Trade Union events: The Wales TUC is hosting a series of four geographically-based events taking place in January and February 2009 and intends to be present at party conferences during the 2009 Welsh party conference season.
The agenda for the meeting is available here.
The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) paper to this committee notes the following:
"The latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) data was released on 14th November 2008. This showed that female hourly full-time earnings (excluding overtime) in Wales for 2008 were 87.3 per cent of male hourly full-time earnings (excluding overtime). This represents a widening of the gender pay gap in Wales to 12.7 per cent in 2008 from 10.7 per cent in 2007."
WAG has agreed to support the Wales TUC and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in Wales for the next phase of the Close the Pay Gap Campaign. Three elements of this are:
1. Business Benefits Project: EHRC has begun work on a project to measure the benefits of settling equal pay in a Welsh local authority.
2. Equal Pay Event: WAG will host a Close the Pay Gap event on 11 March, aimed at chief executives of local authorities, council leaders and equality leads as well as decision makers in other statutory bodies.
3. Employer and Trade Union events: The Wales TUC is hosting a series of four geographically-based events taking place in January and February 2009 and intends to be present at party conferences during the 2009 Welsh party conference season.
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