Rockwell Automation Gender Pay Gap Report Analysis and Commentary 2021

What is the Gender Pay Gap Report?

As required by the UK Equality Act 2010, Rockwell Automation filed the attached 2021 Gender Pay Gap Report with the Government Equalities Office for Rockwell Automation Ltd, our employing entity in the UK. As a company, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we support initiatives that promote industry-wide transparency and awareness regarding equal opportunity within the workplace. 

Our report presents mean (average), and median (the midpoint) gender pay gap data. The mean gender pay gap refers to the difference between the average earnings for women compared to men, and the median pay gap refers to the difference between the earnings for the midpoint woman compared to that of the midpoint man working within our United Kingdom offices and facilities, without regard to the nature of the work being performed. 

A gender pay gap is different from an equal pay comparison which examines whether there is a difference in pay between men and women with similar qualifications and experience carrying out the same or comparable work. A gender pay gap does not equate to an equal pay issue.

One of the main challenges for gender representation in the industries we serve is that they remain predominantly male. For many years’ women have been underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) university courses and occupations. And so, in our core business, industrial automation and information solutions, the gender distribution within our workforce reflects this market reality.

Our Commitment

Rockwell Automation continues to work on and develop our initiatives identified in previous years to help us work towards a more balanced workforce. Throughout 2021, in the UK we focused on the following areas in addition to our Global initiatives:

• Supporting STEM education programmes by sponsoring the First Lego League Global to help expose students to a broader range of industry-leading products and applications. A key priority for Rockwell Automation is to increase diversity and address gender stereotyping in relation to future education and employment pathways.
• Continued development of our Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) vision and strategy. Within this framework, we aim to help reinforce female role models within the organisation whilst supporting women leaders' development in achieving their career goals through a number of initiatives. This includes increased participation of our Professional Women’s Council (PWC) and expanding the membership of our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Improved flexible and hybrid working and a more agile working culture as we embed new ways of working post-pandemic across the organisation.
• Unconscious bias training for all leaders and employees to mitigate gender prejudices from recruitment, promotion and performance management. We continue to make this a priority during our onboarding process as it also forms part of our UK Diversity plan launched in 2021, which aims to understand and remove barriers that may exist in our process, procedures and everyday interactions and strengthening partnerships by sharing our culture of inclusion practices via online training courses.
• Increase our learning and mentoring resources supporting gender diversity and continued professional development. Improving gender representation is one of our top priorities, then we will naturally begin to close the gender pay gap as more women are able to step into roles as managers, leaders and executives. We strive to increase the number of women employed in all positions at our company and, as a result, reduce the gender pay gap over time.

As in previous years, we are committed to providing equal pay for equal work and we are confident that we pay our workers in the UK comparably by role, regardless of their gender. We review pay equity on an ongoing basis to ensure this is the case.

Rockwell Automation is taking an active leadership role in addressing the underlying reasons for gender imbalances in STEM occupations. We know there is still more work to be done, and we will continue to collaborate with educational establishments and organisations to increase the representation of women at all levels within our industry.

At Rockwell Automation we are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities where we live and work globally and creating a working environment where all employees, regardless of gender, are able to thrive.

Statistics

Rockwell Automation is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 24,500 problem solvers dedicated to customers in more than 100 countries. In the UK there are 457 employees, of which 23% are female.

Whilst recognizing there is still much work to continue over the medium and long term, we are pleased to report that since last year, the proportions of women in the upper middle quartile of the organisation have increased by 2.6%. We have also seen a positive representation of the proportion of employees receiving a bonus.

For the pay period containing the ‘snapshot’ date of 5^th April 2021, Rockwell Automation has a mean GPG of 29.4% and a median GPG of 36% for hourly pay, in favour of men. We believe that the difference in our mean and median pay between male and female employees is reflective of our overall gender demographic, as the industries we serve are predominantly male.

We are seeking to address this, and, among other actions, are developing our processes and support to enable more women to pursue a career in engineering and enter more senior roles.

The information and data reported in the attached are accurate and in line with the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017.

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