Ordinary pay
Base salary and regular fixed pay, reported separately from variable components.
Ordinary pay is the fixed element of remuneration — base salary and regular payments made as a matter of course. It is reported separately from variable components because the two behave differently: base pay tends to be structured and comparable, while variable pay is discretionary and is where gaps are frequently wider. Four of the seven prescribed figures depend on the split between the two being drawn correctly.
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Pay quartiles
The workforce split into four equal bands by pay, showing the share of men and women in each.
Pay structure
The framework of bands and criteria that determines what a role is paid, aligned to the evaluation factors.
Variable components
Bonus, commission, allowances and other non-fixed pay, reported separately and often where the gap is widest.
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One pay-period extract produces the seven figures, the categories that breach, and what closing them would cost.