Gender pay gap

Like all organisations of 250 or more employees, we are required to report annually on our gender pay gap.

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2024 gender pay gap report

We published our seventh annual gender pay gap report in March 2024. In the report, we confirm that we have a mean gender pay gap of 9.44% and a median of 9%. 

Kew’s gender pay gap is largely a result of a higher concentration of female staff in more junior grades, where pay is lower, and fewer female staff in the most senior grades. 

Working to reduce the gender pay gap

  • We continue to monitor pay and starting salaries. Kew will carry out an equal pay audit in 2024 to identify any specific issues in relation to pay parity. 
  • Kew actively supports women to return to work from maternity, shared parental or adoption 

leave, removing barriers and utilising a range of flexible working options, and we have enabled hybrid working for those whose job roles allow. These opportunities are available 

  • to all employees irrespective of gender.
  • We have an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion delivery plan that sets out the steps we will take to ensure Kew is a diverse and inclusive organisation.
  • In 2023, we ran inclusive recruitment training for our hiring managers and made improvements to our job application process. This training programme will continue for all new hiring managers.
  • We have achieved bronze level Athena Swan accreditation, which recognises our commitment to supporting women in science. An action plan prepared alongside this is currently being implemented.

 

Read the 2024 gender pay gap report