Background

The overall ethnicity pay gap is defined as the difference between the average (mean and median) pay of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees and White British employees expressed as a percentage of the mean and median pay of BAME employees.

In January 2019 the UK government closed its consultation on ethnicity pay gap reporting. We do not yet know what will come of that consultation, but it seems highly likely that in the future this will become a new requirement alongside gender pay gap reporting.

We are recommending that from this reporting year onwards the Council voluntarily publishes its ethnicity pay gap data because we believe it’s an important step towards ensuring our workforce is diverse, inclusive and fair for everyone.

We use the term BAME throughout this report however we recognise its limitations as a term that combines and therefore dilutes the experiences of Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups.

This report includes the Council’s ethnicity pay gap data using the snapshot date of 31 March every year.

BAME profile

At June 2020, the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) profile at the Council, comparing the percentage of White British and other ethnicities, shows a similar representation of BAME employees as of 11.33%, snapshot as of June 2020 (58 out of 512 and 46 (8.99% not known), compared with the general population of Warwickshire (11.8%).

BAME profile data 2020

Profile	Amount	Percentage
Not known	60	10.6%
BAME	57	10%
White	450	79.4%
Total	567	100%

BAME profile data 2019

Profile	Amount	Percentage
Not known	64	11.5%
BAME	52	9.4%
White	441	79.1%
Total	557	100%

BAME profile data 2018

Profile	Amount	Percentage
Not known	47	8.8%
BAME	46	8.7%
White	440	82.5%
Total	557	100%

Mean ethnicity pay gap

There is an 8.9% pay gap between the mean hourly rate for BAME employees and those White British / unknown at 31 March 2020.

The Council’s mean ethnicity pay gap has reduced by 3.8 percentage points from 12.7% since 2018.

Median ethnicity pay gap

There is an 11.2% pay gap between the median hourly rate for BAME employees and those White British / unknown at 31 March 2020.

The Council’s median ethnicity pay gap has reduced by 2.7 percentage points from 13.9% since 2018.

Bonus pay

In terms of mean hourly bonuses, those of BAME background earn less (£370.00) than White British employees (£413.33). The gap is 10.5% in favour of White British employees.

In terms of median bonuses, those of BAME background earn more (£370.00) than total employees (£327.60) employees. The gap is -12.9% in favour of BAME employees.

Proportion by pay band quartiles

WDC Pay Quartiles by ethnicity 31 March 2020

Quartile	Not known	Percentage	BAME	Percentage	White	Percentage
Lower Quartile (£4.35 to £10.24)	25	17.7%	13	9.2%	103	73.1%
Lower Middle Quartile (£10.24 to £11.88)	14	9.9%	22	15.5%	106	74.6%
Upper Middle Quartile (£11.88 to £16.60)	9	6.3%	13	9.2%	120	84.5%
Upper Quartile (£16.60 to £58.25)	12	8.5%	9	6.3%	121	85.2%

At 31 March 2020 the highest concentration of BAME employees is in the lower middle quartile (15.5%).

The percentage of BAME employees in the upper quartile has increased by 1.8 percentage points and by 0.2 percentage points in the upper middle quartile since March 2018.

Since March 2018, the percentage of BAME employees in the lower quartile has decreased by 1.3 percentage points.

WDC Pay Quartiles by ethnicity 31 March 2019

Quartile	Not known	Percentage	BAME	Percentage	White	Percentage
Lower Quartile (£4.10 to £9.78)	24	17.3%	11	7.9%	88	63.3%
Lower Middle Quartile (£9.78 to £11.61)	46	9.35%	19	13.6%	107	76.9%
Upper Middle Quartile (£11.61 to £15.94)	12	8.6%	15	10.8%	111	79.8%
Upper Quartile (£15.94 to £57.11)	15	10.7%	7	5%	118	84.3%

At 31 March 2019 the highest concentration of BAME employees is in the lower middle quartile (13.6%).

WDC Pay Quartiles by ethnicity 31 March 2018

Quartile	Not known	Percentage	BAME	Percentage	White	Percentage
Lower Quartile (£4.59 to £9.55)	9	6.7%	14	10.5%	111	82.8%
Lower Middle Quartile (£9.72 to £11.74)	10	7.5%	14	10.5%	109	82%
Upper Middle Quartile (£11.74 to £15.63)	13	9.8%	12	9%	108	81.2%
Upper Quartile (£15.63 to £55.99)	15	11.3%	6	4.5%	112	84.2%

At 31 March 2018 the highest concentration of BAME employees is in the lower and lower middle quartiles, both at 10.5%.

Raw data 2020

Data type	Not known	BAME	White	Overall	Difference between BAME and overall mean & medium rates
Number of employees	60	57	450	567
Mean hourly rate	12.81	12.62	14.16	13.86	8.9%
Median hourly rate	10.54	10.54	12.35	11.88	11.2%
Mean bonus payment	0	370	413.33	413.33	10.5%
Median bonus payment	0	370	444	327.60	-12.9%
Proportion who received a bonus	0%	1.75%	2%	1.76%

Raw data 2019

Data type	Not known	BAME	White	Overall	Difference between BAME and overall mean & medium rates
Number of employees	64	52	441	557
Mean hourly rate	12.47	11.66	13.69	13.36	12.07%
Median hourly rate	10.27	10.27	11.85	11.61	11.5%
Mean bonus payment	554.29	600	442.21	422.21	9.9%
Median bonus payment	500	500	250	250	-100%
Proportion who received a bonus	10.9%	7.69%	14.96%	12%

Raw data 2018

Data type	Not known	BAME	White	Overall	Difference between BAME and overall mean & medium rates
Number of employees	47	46	440	533
Mean hourly rate	13.49	11.81	13.67	13.53	12.7%
Median hourly rate	12.13	10.44	12.13	12.13	13.9%
Mean bonus payment	1800	600	625	681.58	11.9%
Median bonus payment	1800	750	750	750	0%
Proportion who received a bonus	2.13%	8.69%	3.18%	3.56%