Human Resources

Equal Pay and Gender Pay Gap Statement – Holmes Care Group

Holmes Care Group Ltd is committed to the principles of equal pay for all our employees. We are devoted to equal opportunities and equal treatment for all employees, regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, age, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. We have a clear policy of paying employees equally for the same or equivalent work, regardless of their sex (or anything else listed above). 

Based on the mean (average) hourly rate of pay for male and female employees in the relevant pay period, the current mean gender pay gap at Holmes Care Group is 1.08% which is based on hourly pay rates as of the snapshot date of 5th April 2024. This shows a reduction in line with the national decline in general in the gender pay gap. The UK Office for National Statistics* reported a 7% mean gender pay gap among full time employees in April 2024. The mean gender pay gap at Holmes Care Group is therefore somewhat lower than the national average.  

Below we have identified the factors that we believe contribute to this gap:

• During this period, Holmes Care Group employed 1 male in a senior position at Head Office who has a higher salary than most employees across the Company. Whilst there are several females on similar salaries the fact that there are fewer men in the Company means that this male executive’s salary considerably increases the mean average pay rates for all males.  
   
  The sample included 269 employees identifying as male and 1232 employees identifying as female at Holmes Care Group. The larger proportion of female employees means that it would require a substantially higher number of females earning equivalent salaries to the male executives to achieve parity in the average female pay rate.

Median gender pay gap

Based on the median (middle) hourly rate of pay for male and female employees in the relevant pay period, the current median gender pay gap at Holmes Care Group is 3.39%, this demonstrates a modest difference between employees identifying as male and female.  

When we look at the demographics of our workforce, there is a disproportionally higher percentage of females fulfilling entry level and domestic roles.