The female workforce comprises of predominantly part-time workers in permanent positions with around 33% having full time equivalent earnings up to £15,152 per annum, an improvement from 45% the previous year. This reflects the introduction of the new Single Status pay and grading structure, as part of the equal pay audit, designed to eliminate historic unequal pay practises.
The Council continues to undertake work related to helping employees to achieve a work-life balance including a range of flexible working options to enable progression through the organisation and access to employment.
The male workforce is predominantly full time workers in permanent positions, however the trend of an increase in part time working has continued with one in five men part time. Men continue to account for a higher percentage of ethnic minority employees than compared to women.
Black and Minority Ethnic Employees (BME) representation in the workforce has continued to increase exceeding the representation at the 2001 census level of the BME working population in Rotherham.
Analysis of the pay of BME employees shows an improvement with around 28% having full time equivalent earnings up to £15,152 per annum, an improvement from 40% the previous year.
The representation of disabled people in the workforce is well below that of the proportion of disabled people in Rotherham as a whole but this pattern is not unique to Rotherham and is reflected nationally. The number of employees declaring they have a disability continues to increase maintaining our position as a top quartile performing Metropolitan Borough Council. This is a direct result of promoting the Council’s positive approach to supporting disabled workers through reasonable adjustments, time off etc. Disabled employees are more likely to have permanent full time contracts than non disabled employees and the numbers increase with age, almost half are over 50.
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