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96 Remuneration and staff report

Figure 29:

Workforce - ethnicity (Leeds1and London against the regional figures)

88.8%

Leeds London

■ BAME White | Undisclosed
workforce profile workforce profile workforce profile
■ BAME ■ White n Undisclosed
regional profile regional profile regional profile

Our workforce profile is closely aligned to the regional While a number of the pay bands are closely aligned
figures for London. We continue to employ a higher to the organisation's overall ethnicity ratio, there is an
proportion of BAME staff in Leeds when compared to underrepresentation of BAME staff at the ESM level and
the regional figures. The main category of BAME staff in across pay bands 8A to 8C. This is consistent with the
Leeds is Asian, and we do have an underrepresentation national data around the underrepresentation of BAME
of staff from Black Atrican/Caribbean/British staff at senior level within the NETS and in the industry
backgrounds in comparison to the regional profile. in general. The information also shows that there is
an overrepresentation of BAME staff within the lower
The organisation continues to provide regular
pay bands. As detailed under the Equality, diversity and
reports to the Board and its recently established
inclusion section of this report, the organisation continues
People Committee, detailing its workforce ethnicity
to take a number of steps in order to address these issues.
by pay band including senior managers. There are
some noted areas of under- and overrepresentation
of BAME staff as detailed in Figure 30.

For the Leeds regional census data 0.8% categorised themselves as 'other' and are not included in this figure.