Workforce to Reflect the Community Strategy 2024-26
Tower Hamlets Council is addressing its ethnicity pay gap, with a recent report highlighting persistent disparities.
Tower Hamlets Council is continuing to address an ethnicity pay gap, where employees from Black, Asian, and Multi-Ethnic backgrounds earn less on average than their White counterparts. The council's 2026 Gender and Equality Pay Gap Report, presented in March 2026, indicated that Black, Asian, and Multi-Ethnic employees earn 7.26% less on average, with a median pay gap of 6.95%. This disparity has seen a reduction from previous years but remains an issue.
This ongoing effort is part of the Workforce to Reflect the Community Strategy 2024-26, a policy implemented by Tower Hamlets Council to address the ethnicity pay gap and ensure its workforce reflects the community. No upcoming meetings or specific next steps regarding the strategy have been announced.
Key facts
- Black, Asian, and Multi-Ethnic employees at Tower Hamlets Council earn 7.26% less on average than White employees, as indicated in a March 2026 report. Source
- The median pay gap for Black, Asian, and Multi-Ethnic employees at Tower Hamlets Council is 6.95% less than White employees, according to a March 2026 report. Source
- The 2026 Gender and Equality Pay Gap Report was presented at a Tower Hamlets Council meeting on 25 March 2026. Source
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