Joint pay assessment
The assessment an employer must carry out when a category shows an unexplained gap of 5% or more.
A joint pay assessment is triggered when reporting shows a gap of at least 5% in a category of workers that the employer cannot justify on objective, gender-neutral grounds, and that has not been corrected within six months. It is carried out with workers’ representatives and examines the pay structure, the evaluation criteria behind it, and the measures needed to address the difference. It is the mechanism that turns a reported number into an obligation to act.
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