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Acknowledgements
Members’ hub
Equal pay quiz
Introduction
What is Equal Pay?
Who is This Toolkit For?
What is a Trade Union and why should I join one?
How to Go About Addressing Pay Inequality
Start Talking About Pay
The Importance of Collective Bargaining
Questions for Your Employer
Why Should You Ask Your Employer These Questions?
Sample Members’ Survey
Good Negotiation Practice and Talking to Employers About Equal Pay
Where to Start?
Suggested Wording
During the Negotiations
What if the Employer Refuses to Engage or Says No to Your Requests?
A Workers’ Guide to Conducting an Equal Pay Audit
Introduction
What is an Equal Pay Audit?
Making the Case for an Equal Pay Audit
The Five Steps of an Equal Pay Audit
From Policy to Practice: Building a Workplace Culture which Supports Equality
Making an Equal Pay Claim
Celebrate Your Successes!
Useful links
Glossary
Useful links
Advice and Tools For Employers
HeforShe
: Championing equal pay for equal work
HeforShe: Key Stages of Implementation
Think Equality - Small to medium businesses
Close Your Pay Gap - Large (250+ employees) businesses
PWC: Women in work index
ACAS and Equal Pay
Equal pay
Job evaluation: considerations and risks advice booklet
Equality and Human Rights Commission and Equal Pay
Equal pay
Equal Pay: Statutory Code of Practice
Equal pay audit for larger organisations
Why equal pay matters
How to achieve equal pay
Protected characteristics
UK Government Website - Gender Pay Gap
Search and compare gender pay gap data
International
Epic International Pay Coalition
EU Commission proposes measures to ensure equal pay for equal work
Woman Alliance: Pay in Iceland
Research
ONS data: Gender Pay Gap
Institute for Public Policy Research: Gender Pay Gap
Institute for Public Policy Research: The Fair Pay Report - How transparency can help tackle inequalities
Labour Research Department booklets, either available in print from your union or
online here
(unions will have an account you can use to access these, so contact them for details)
Behavioural Insights Team: How to increase transparency of progression, pay and reward
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC)
The TUC and equal pay
TUC Equality Audit
The STUC and Close the Gap
Close the Gap: Conducting an Equal Pay Review
Women and Men in Trade Unions - STUC blog
Union Specific
BFAWU
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP): Equality and Diversity Toolkit
Equity
FDA
NAHT
NASUWT
Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) - Women’s Network
UCU equal and gender pay resources
UNISON: Conducting an equal pay audit
Unite the Union
GMB
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Celebrate Your Successes!
Glossary