Equalities and the gender pay gap

Our duties under the Equality Act

The Equality Act 2010 introduced a number of duties on the public sector.

Within this, are specific duties covering the following protected characteristics: age, disability, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity.

Our two specific duties are:

• To publish information about staff and the community - this can be found in our workforce profile

• To publish equality objectives for the organisation - this can be found in our equality objectives

There is also a general duty requiring all public bodies to take account of the need to:

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct the act prohibits

• Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not

• Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not

Gender pay gap

Under The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017, we are required to publish statutory gender pay gap calculations every year.

Please visit the gender pay gap reports for Rushmoor Borough Council on the GOV.UK website for our figures.

Equality impact assessments

We publish our equality impact assessments to show how we have considered the local community where changes are anticipated that may have a potential impact on service users.

• Full Equality Impact Assessment - Customer Services
• Initial Equality Impact Assessment - Customer Services Unit

Apprenticeships

Below is the summary of the information for the Department of Education for 2023/24.