Gender Pay Gap

Conference acknowledges that there is currently no requirement for firms in Northern Ireland to publish their gender pay gap.

Conference agrees that legislation introduced in the Republic of Ireland compelling companies of a certain size to publish their gender pay gap and produce an action plan to rectify any deficiencies has brought an added expectation on companies to act in a way that will close the gender pay gap.

This Financial Services Union calls on conference to campaign for the effective legislation of the Employment Act ( Northern Ireland ) 2016, in particular section 19 which provides for gender pay regulation to the introduced in Northern Ireland. 

FSU further call on conference to ensure that the following is including in any proposed legislation/regulation 

• Make pay ranges public for workers to see and end pay secrecy
• Make employers agree annual reduction targets through actions agreed with Trade Unions.
• Encourage part-time and flexible working arrangement for staff at all levels of the Company
• Audit pay increase and performance ratings each year for fairness and equality
• Ensure that collective bargaining is a right of all workers