PAY DISCRIMINATION
New equal pay software launched by e-reward.co.uk
A new toolkit developed by e-reward.co.uk provides employers with practical advice on how to identify and eliminate sex discrimination in pay systems and comply with the equal pay law.
Building on recommendations from the Equal Opportunities Commission for achieving pay practices free of discrimination, the software, called E-review, aims to:
Detailed guidelines
E-review offers a full starter kit for those organisations that intend to conduct an equal pay review. Detailed guidelines, showing employers how to review their pay systems to check they are not short-changing female employees, support the software.
The trend towards increasingly flexible and variable reward systems may make pay decisions more vulnerable to costly challenges under discrimination legislation. E-review therefore carries practical sections on equality-proofing performance-related awards and job evaluation schemes, with useful checklists highlighting key areas of concern.
Why should I use E-review?
E-review is a simple but powerful toolkit to assist organisations conduct equal pay reviews. Designed especially for the busy professional, it's an easy-to-use database to help you pinpoint whether you have a gender pay gap in your organisation.
Bureau facility
What's more, there's a bureau facility to support organisations that have limited in-house experience in manipulating the data that is required to conduct an equal pay review.
You send your data - no need to identify individuals - in whatever form is convenient to our Bureau. For a fixed price, we will then import the data into the toolkit for your organisation, create the standard reports and send the toolkit back to you. You can then use it for further analysis.
For an additional fee, we will also create new reports or extend the standard reports to meet your specific needs.
Want to know more?
The CD software is based on Microsoft Access 2000 database programme (PC only) to give flexibility. Data from HR systems can be imported using a wide variety of formats like Excel and Lotus enabling thousands of records to be analysed quickly. The toolkit requires that the user is competent is using Access and manipulating data within a Windows environment.
Ordering is easy
To order your copy of the software click on "Equal Pay Toolkit" on the left-hand navigation panel of the e-reward.co.uk web site and complete the online booking form.
Fees
Option 1: Full starter kit
Includes written guidelines, documentation, software tool and one-hour email support: £600 + VAT
Option 2: Bureau facility
Full starter kit plus creation of all standard reports by our Bureau: £1,000 + VAT
Bureau support in creating new reports or extending the standard reports to meet your specific needs is charged thereafter at £100 per hour + VAT
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Posted 13 November 2002