The company also aims to increase the amount of women in management to 30% by 2020 and is committed to an even 50/50 gender split of global graduate hires.
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Upon their return, they will only have to work 30 hours a week to gain full pay also. New mothers are offered 16 weeks’ maternity leave on full pay (well above the statutory six weeks at 90% pay). Well, for starters, its maternity policy is widely considered to be one of the best in the UK. One of the world’s largest networking companies, Vodafone reported a 2017 mean pay gap of 16.9% but the Group HR Director, Ronald Schellekens, has stated that by 2025 the company aims to be “considered the world’s best employer for women.” by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) Vodafone is widely recognised as offering one of the best maternity leave packages in the UK.
Sebastian Munden, the EVP and General Manager of Unilever UK and Ireland said that he was “proud” of the company’s record on gender diversity but realised “there is more to do.” Other support offered includes paid time off for fertility procedures and bereavement and back up childcare for when parents’ regular support isn’t available. Thanks to its shared parental and maternity leave policies, gender balanced outreach to STEM graduates and trainees and networks for women, female employees are being given better opportunities to progress and develop. The mean pay gap is 1.9% but the median stands at -2.2% and 50.7% of its management positions in the UK are held by women. Social Sustainability, Marcela Manubens.(Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)Ĭonsumer goods company Unilever UK was one of the only organisations to report near pay parity in 2017. Unilever aims to put more women in top leadership roles, like Global Vice President for Integrated.