GECO EU Gender Equality Toolbox = Testing = November/December 2011

1. GECO EU Gender Equality Toolbox= Testing = November/December 2011 Di Barber, Senior Consultant UKRC www.theukrc.org www.gender-competence.eu

2. Testing the toolbox - Questions http://gender-competence.eu/en/toolbox2/ps • Navigation of the website – structure – layout – clarity • Information in each case study – Concise? Relevant? • Topics – Any particularly relevant? irrelevant? Gaps? • Any practice you spot at this stage that is transferable? • What other tools might you need to implement similar practices? • How might you use this toolkit Sept 2012 plus? • Do you have any concrete best practice, with that could make an additional case study on similar topics?

3. GECO Purpose & Target Audience Advancing Gender Equality Competency Types of organisation in mind: • Industry – mostly large corporates but some SMEs • Universities and research institutions Types of professional in mind: • Those who have reached or are approaching the state of the art and are looking for new learning and innovation from their peers. • Workforce management staff (e.g., HR, Talent Management) or those involved in research, teaching and operations who want to advance gender equality within their organisation

4. GECO Partners • Social Research Centre ,Central Scientific Institute, Technische University Dortmund, GERMANY (Lead partner) • TechnischeUniversity Berlin, GERMANY • Austrian Society for Environment & Technology (ÖGUT), AUSTRIA • Social Innovation Fund (SIF), Coalition for gender equality, LITHUANIA • Gender Studies, ops, CZECH REPUBLIC • ALBA Graduate Business School , GREECE • UKRC, The lead body on gender equality in science, engineering & technology (Bradford College), UK

5. GECO Milestones and Outputs Key Milestones: • Online survey of industry & higher education/research institutions across the EU Regions, to identify key issues for the case study topics, May 2011 • State of the Art Report, April 2011 • Web platform with case studies, Nov 2011 • Pilot Seminars with target audience to review draft toolbox, Dec 2011 • National Network meetings with target audience, to deepen their understanding of Toolbox content, April 2012 • Regular dissemination throughout (Newsletter) Outputs: • Open access Online Toolbox in September 2011 with: • State of the Art Report, plus summary slides for each EU Region • Film (TUDO) • Up to 75 case studies describing concrete example and change processes relevant to the issues identified by the target audience

6. Survey Feedback – Summary Topics of Interest • Attracting female graduates and apprentices • Flexible working – how to engage management – how to implement • Women into management/senior roles – how to engage leaders/management – how to support the women • Engaging leaders – getting buy-in – keeping buy-in • Programmes for parents during and after maternity/paternity break • Career development that accommodates career breaks • Providing childcare support • Gender neutral aptitude tests • Implementing mentoring programmes • Implementing quotas • Equal pay reviews • Effective equality training

7. State of the Art on Policy & Legislation Austria - Quota: 40% women on university boards; proposed for female business leaders - GE criteria: for research funding applications (Industrial Research) - Gov agenda: mainstreaming Germany - Quota: proposed for female business leaders - GE criteria: for research funding applications - Equality duties: public sector incl HEI - Gov agenda:mainstreaming; family friendly policies Czech Republic & Greece – none of these Lithuania - Gov agenda: Mentoring for women on the agenda of Ministry of Education and Science UK - Quota: Voluntary quota for female business leaders - GE criteria: REF criteria for equality & points for maternity leave - Equality duties: public sector (incl HEI) shifted from prescribed process to outcome - Gov agenda: mainstreaming;flexible working; voluntary pay gap reports; increasing proportion of female business leaders; different specific duties NI, Wales, Scotland

8. State of the Art in Higher Education and Research

9. State of the Art on Pay Gap & Flexible Working

10. State of the Art on Family Friendly Practices

11. State of the Art on Seniority

12. State of the Art – higher level regulation in UK? UK Equality Act 2010 • Public sector equality duty extended to ‘protected characteristics’. Sex, transgender, race, disability, age, religion & belief, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnerships, pregnancy & maternity • NOT socio-eco disadvantage • S155 – pay ‘due regard’ to advanceequality of opportunity, eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and foster good relations between different groups.discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and foster good relations between different groups. • S159 - ‘positive action’ now includes discrimination in favour of under-represented groups in recruitment & selection • Government says focus on outcomes not process • Definitions of discrimination & burden of proof harmonised • Clarified: "Associative discrimination" and "perceptive discrimination“ • Different types of regulation (“specific duties”) depending on type of organisation and whether NI, Wales, Scotland or England. • Clarified: equal-pay claimant can compare their work to someone doing a different job, as long as it is work of equal value • Micro-businesses& start-ups exempt for three years from 1 April 2011 • Voluntary equal pay reviews being piloted by Government Equality Office