Gender Pay Gap

Gender Pay Gap Reporting as at April 2024:

Mean Gender Pay Gap 22.1%
Median Gender Pay Gap 35.1%
Male Receiving Bonus 38.3%
Female Receiving Bonus 39.2%
Mean Bonus Gender Pay Gap 48.2%
Median Bonus Gender Pay Gap 85.8%

Quartile Breakdown:

Lower Quartile Male 29%
Lower Quartile Female 71%
Lower Middle Quartile Male 15%
Lower Middle Quartile Female 85%
Upper Middle Quartile Male 31%
Upper Middle Quartile Female 69%
Upper Quartile Male 43%
Upper Quartile Female 57%

 

At Owl Optical Ltd t/a M&S Opticians we have always been committed to treating our people equally and ensuring that everyone, irrespective of ethnicity, background or gender, can progress and develop in direct proportion to their individual ability and commitment.

Our workforce of over 340 is split 73% women to 27% men. The gender pay gap, however, simply shows the difference in the average hourly earnings of men and women regardless of their roles in a business. The gap is not caused by men and women being paid differently to do the same job, but by the inherent nature of retail businesses in which many more women than men are employed in store-based customer facing roles.

I confirm the data contained within this report is accurate.

Nicholas Georgevic,
Chief Executive

March 2025