GENDER PAY GAP REPORT 2021

In April 2017, the UK government introduced a requirement for all employers with more than 250 employees to publish their annual gender pay gapfigures.Theregulationsrequireustopublishsixkeypaygapfigures comparingmaleandfemalepay.Our2021resultscanbefoundbelow.

Yetagain,weareproudoftheresultsofouranalysis.TheresultsmaintainourgoodpositionregardingourgenderpaygapfiguresagainstthatoftheNationalaverage,andshowourcommitmenttoequalopportunities.

Diversityandinclusivityinfluencesourpoliciesandcultureatalllevels.Becauseofthis,wedonotdiscriminateforanypositionorforanyreason, includingrace,religion,ethnicoriginorgender.Weprideourselvesonbeinganequalopportunitiesemployer.

Gender Pay Gap Report 14102021

GENDER PAY GAP FIGURESThegenderpaygapisdefinedasthedifferencebetween the mean or median hourly rate of pay that male and female colleagues receive, expressed as a percentage of men’s pay.

Themeanpaygapisthedifferencebetweenaveragehourlyratesofpayofmenandwomen.

Themedianpaygapisthedifferencebetweenthe midpoints in the ranges of hourly rates of payofmenandwomen. Itcollatesallpay inthe sample, lines them up in order from lowest to highest, and picks the middle-most pay.

Thesefiguresareprovidedinthechartoppositeand are based on the hourly rate of pay as at 5thApril2021.TheyaremuchbetterthantheNationalaveragefor2020andweareverypleased to report a 0% median result this year.

GENDER BoNUS PAY GAP FIGURES

Proportion of male and female colleagues receiving a bonus payment can be seen in thechartbelow.

GENDER PAY GAP REPORT 2021

GENDER BoNUS PAY GAP FIGURES Calculated in the same way as the hourly pay, the chart below shows thebonusespaidintheyearto5thApril2021.

PRoPoRTIoN oF MALE AND FEMALE CoLLEAGUES IN EACH PAY QUARTILE BANDThischartshowsthegendersplitwhenwelistthehourlyrateofpayfromlowesttohighestandgroupintofourequalquartiles.

ADDRESSING THE BALANCEThegeneralworkforceofthecleaningindustryishistoricallylargelyfemaledominatedandsubjecttoTUPEregulations(transferofundertakings).WhenacontractisawardedorreassignedunderTUPE,cleaningstaffaretransferredbylaw,maintainingpayratesandhours,fromonecleaningprovidertoanother.Thevastmajorityofourworkforceismadeupofcleaningoperativesand,underTUPEregulations,thereisrestrictedopportunitytoaddressagenderpaygap,shouldonearise,inthissectionofourworkforce.

Wewillcontinuetorecruitfairlyandethicallyandmonitorgenderequalityanddiversitythroughoutourorganisation.Weremainfocussedonattractingandemployingthebesttalentavailabletoensurethatourbusinessthrives,deliversthebestpossibleserviceandachievesthehighestofstandardsacrosstheUK.

“IconfirmthattheinformationanddataprovidedinthisreportisaccurateandinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofTheEqualityAct2010(GenderPayGapInformation)Regulations2017.”David Froude, DirectorGender Pay Gap Report 14102021