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Duncan Lewis Solicitors Gender Pay Announcement (22 March 2018)
Date: 22/03/2018
The reporting of gender pay revealed the following limitations: a lack of comparison in relation to comparable job roles/title(s), furthermore, the calculations fail to take into account intangible aspects which affect salary such as qualifications, employment experience and personal skills.
Across the Duncan Lewis workforce, the company’s female/male proportion count is approximately 74% to 26% respectively. The reported figures illustrate on average, Duncan Lewis pays its male employees 11% more than female employees, adversely the median calculation demonstrates male employees are in fact paid 9% less when compared to female employees.
With the top quartile being 25% of the highest paid employees and the lower quartile the 25% of the lowest paid employees the quartiles represent the percentage comparison of male and female employees.
The report found:
- Top salary quartile has 33% men and 67% women
- Upper middle salary quartile has 16% men and 84% women
- Lower middle salary quartile has 23% men and 77% women
- Lower salary quartile has 31% men and 69% women
The firm understands the importance of equality and are committed to representing an equal ethos and culture. Efforts in recruitment, internal development and expansion within the firm’s equal working environment will continue and grow.
Additionally, by signing up to The Law Society’s “Diversity and Inclusion Charter” in November 2016; the firm is committed to improving opportunities for all by measuring our procedure against a set of diversity and inclusion standards.