| PAY DISCRIMINATION New equal pay guide launched by CIPD No reward system is immune from equal pay problems, but the more complex and less transparent your system is, the more it can lead to trouble. Clarity is your best guarantee. That is the message from a new equal pay guide published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Potential pay bias The guide warns that merit pay is one key area of potential pay discrimination. Why? Because it is largely about human judgement and the assessment of individuals. "Proper training of managers and employees in how to operate the system is one way of minimising problems," the guide says. What's more, when market forces override internal equity, organisations are likely to run into equal pay problems. As the guide explains: "Employers run the risk of 'importing' bias from elsewhere, especially with market-driven pay."
The CIPD guide was researched and written by a team of pay and employment law experts at Incomes Data Services . . . www.incomesdata.co.uk. Title: Equal Pay Guide, (ed.) David Shonfield, published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Availability: CIPD books can be ordered direct from Plymbridge Distributors, tel: 01752 202301, from business bookshops or through the CIPD website www.cipd.co.uk. Posted 14 March 2002 |