Equality and Human Rights Commission

Comparing access to and amounts received of each element of pay for men and women doing equal work

You may pay your employees additional payments above basic pay - for example, bonus payments, working time payments, or benefits such as private health insurance and cars. For each of these elements of pay received by men or women doing equal work you should calculate:

1. The proportion of men and women who receive this element.
2. The average amount of each pay element received by men and women and the gap between them.

This analysis will show:

• If men and women have differential access to the various pay elements. For guidance on statistical tests for comparing proportions see Differences in proportions - for example when comparing access to pay elements.
• If men and women receive unequal pay in respect of any of the pay elements.

There are links to more guidance and checklists in this toolkit concerning these aspects of pay:

• Checklist 1 Starting pay, pay protection, pay progression
• Checklist 2 Performance related pay
• Checklist 3 Market factors 
• Checklist 4 Benefits 
• Checklist 5 Working time premiums