The Public Sector Equality Duty Composite Report 2025
Contents
- Mainstreaming Equality Report 2023-25
- NLC Equality Strategy 2019-2024
- Governance
- Fairer Scotland Duty
- Equality in the Council's Procurement Function
- Education
- North Lanarkshire Licensing Board
- NLC Employment
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2021-2025 Progress Report
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 1 to 3
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 4 to 6
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 7 to 9
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-2029
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 1 to 3
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 4 to 6
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 7 to 10
- Next Steps
- NLC Employment Information
- NLC Employment Information - Sex
- NLC Employment Information - Disability
- NLC Employment Information - Ethnicity
- NLC Employment Information - Age
- NLC Employment Information - Sexual Orientation
- NLC Employment Information - Gender Reassignment
- NLC Employment Information - Religion and Belief
- NLC Employment Information - Marriage and Civil Partnership
- NLC Employment Information - Pregnancy and Maternity
- Occupational Segregation – Grades and Occupations – sex, disability and ethnicity
- NLC Equal Pay Statement
NLC Employment Information - Disability
Composition of the workforce
|
Disabled employees in 2018 |
253 (1.75%) |
|---|---|
|
Disabled employees in 2020 |
310 (2.15%) |
|
Disabled employees in 2022 |
405 (2.42%) |
|
Disabled employees in 2024 |
599 (3.55%) |
Comment: 3.55% of our workforce have said they are disabled. This is the highest percentage ever recorded. However, 43.39% of employees have not recorded in this category. This is down from over 67% non-recordings in 2023.
Consider disabled
|
|
FT |
PT |
Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Not Recorded |
3358 |
3945 |
7303 |
|
No |
4589 |
4011 |
8600 |
|
Not Known |
166 |
162 |
328 |
|
Yes |
325 |
274 |
599 |
|
Grand Total |
8438 |
8392 |
16830 |
Comment: 45.7% of disabled employees work part time. This is near on a par with non-disabled employees, 46.6% of whom work part-time.
Disability Pay Gap
|
|
Employee count |
Average hourly rate FTE |
Average hourly rate Headcount |
Disability pay gap FTE |
Disability pay gap Headcount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Disabled - No |
8601 |
£25.08 |
£19.98 |
-£0.59 |
£0.61 |
|
Disabled - Yes |
599 |
£24.49 |
£19.36 |
|
|
Comment: The disability pay gap is 3.18% with those who consider "No" earning £0.61 more than those who consider "Yes"
Leavers
|
Disabled leavers in 2018 |
30 (2.13%) of 1408 |
|---|---|
|
Disabled leavers in 2020 |
28 (2.99%) of 935 |
|
Disabled leavers in 2022 |
52 (3.60%) of 1443 |
|
Disabled leavers in 2024 |
71 (4.32%) of 1644 |
4.32% of people who left the Council in 2024 were disabled
Promotions
|
Disabled promoted in 2018 |
5 (2.21%) of 226 |
|---|---|
|
Disabled promoted in 2020 |
2 (2.63%) of 76 |
|
Disabled promoted in 2022 |
4 (2.92%) of 137 |
|
Disabled promoted in 2024 |
11 (4.42%) of 249 |
Comment: Promotions to disabled employees has risen from 2.63% in 2020 to 4.4% in 2024
Recruitment – Applied, Interviewed and Appointed
|
2018 |
2020 |
2022 |
2024 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total number of applications received in the period – all people. |
12623 |
14366 |
24200 |
20895 |
|
Total number of appointments in the period – all people |
1136 |
1123 |
2067 |
2340 |
Disabled people applied, interviewed and appointed of total applications
|
In 2018 745 (5.90%) applied |
234 (8.98%) were interviewed |
29 (2.55%) were appointed |
|
In 2020 714 (4.97%) applied |
184 (6.55%) were interviewed |
31 (2.76%) were appointed |
|
In 2022 2562 (10.58%) applied |
728 (11.55%) were interviewed |
191 (9.2%) were appointed |
|
In 2024 1264 (6.05%) applied) |
418 (8.81%) were interviewed |
102 (4.36%) were appointed |
Comment: Of those disabled people who applied to work for the Council in 2024 33% were interviewed. 27% were interviewed in 2020. Of those interviewed 24.4% were appointed. Out of all appointments 4.36% went to disabled people.
Smarter Working Applications
|
Outcome - Smarter Working - Consider Disabled |
Number |
% |
Approved |
Declined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No |
238 |
50.64% |
|
|
|
Not Known |
10 |
2.13% |
|
|
|
Yes |
21 |
4.47% |
18 |
3 |
|
Not Known |
201 |
42.77% |
|
|
|
Grand Total |
470 |
100.00% |
|
|
Comment: 21 applications were received from disabled employees. That is 3.5% of all disabled employees and 4.47% of all applications. Most applications from disabled employees were a request to reduce hours. 85.7% % of these were approved.
