24% do not believe equal pay audits are necessary

Research shows nearly one in four companies believe equal pay audits are unnecessary for removing the wages gap, a source reveals.

A study by Industrial Relations Services finds 75 per cent of companies including those employing people in sales jobs are taking some action to try and correct the pay gap, Personnel Today states.

The report suggests this is usually undertaken informally and claims 60 per cent do not believe equal pay audits should be mandatory.

Of the firms which have submitted themselves to an audit, 69 per cent were found to have paid men more than women for work of equal value.

The study suggests where this was detected, few companies took steps to reduce this.

Noelle Murphy, its author, claims while workers are entitled to equal pay in law, businesses are not meeting this obligation.

"Employers do not seem motivated to proactively address pay inequality within their organisations," she says.

Psychologies Magazine recently published a survey which found 75 to 80 per cent of women were working in a job and its editor, Maureen Rice, said "that's not going to change".

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Filed: 10-10-2008