Percentage of men and women in each pay quartile

Proportion of employees receiving extra ‘bonus’ payments: 0% of women, 0% of men.

Women’s hourly rate is 28.1% lower than men’s (mean)
Women’s hourly rate is 22.9% lower than men’s (median)

Bravissimo is a company that is predominantly run by women. 93% of our employees are women, our CEO is a woman, five out of six of our leadership team members were women, and the vast majority of our management roles are filled by women. Given that we are a women-led company, the gender pay gap numbers might seem surprising. Our gender pay gap percentages at Bravissimo are volatile due to the relatively small number of Bravissimo employees that are men, so a small number of male joiners or leavers can have a big impact on our gender pay gap figures.

Our mean gender pay gap greatly reduced whilst we had employees on furlough. So, it has increased again this year following the reporting guidelines but has not returned to the same levels as pre-pandemic. Internally we review our pay to ensure we are paying fairly for the same or similar roles irrespective of gender and we are confident that this is the case.

It is important to note that in many of our roles, employees are required to work directly with our customers, fitting them in bras and swimwear. The law allows employers to specify gender for this type of role for reasons of privacy and decency, and because of this, these roles in Bravissimo are only done by women. There are roles requiring bra fitting at all pay levels of the business, but the greatest number of these roles are at the lower pay levels. The gender pay gap in the overall results is not because we employ fewer women in management and leadership roles, it is because we do not have male bra fitters.

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