WAVE – Wales
The aim of the WAVE project was to understand and ‘interrupt’ the ways in which gender pay inequalities are consistently reproduced through occupational segregation in employment and self-employment, through the ways in which ‘women’s work’ is contracted and through the operation of pay systems.
The Wave Team at Cardiff University set out to support employers to undertake the analysis and action required by the ‘equal pay duty’, to ensure its effectiveness and to make lasting impact on gender pay disparities in Wales
The Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE) Programme was funded by the European Social Fund, through the Welsh Government and key partners: the University of South Wales, The Women’s Workshop @ BAWSO and Cardiff University. The first phase of WAVE ran between 2012 and 2015 with the aim of understanding and ‘interrupting’ the ways in which gender pay disparities are consistently reproduced through occupational segregation in employment and self-employment, through the ways in which ‘women’s work’ is valued and contracted and through the operation of pay systems.
The second phase of WAVE will continue in 2016. In the meantime you can access the reports produced during phase one below, and make use of the WAVE Equal Pay Barometer.
- The WAVE Employer Case Studies: From Evidence to Action on Gender Pay Gaps(June 2015, PDF, 169Kb)
- Working Patterns in Wales: Gender, Occupations and Pay(March 2014, PDF, 1.1Mb)
- Report of the Change Management PhaseCase Study A(April 2015, PDF, 867Kb)
- Report of the Change Management Phase Case Study B(May 2015, PDF, 544Kb)
- Report of the Change Management Phase Case Study C(May 2015, PDF, 631Kb)
Last updated 28th July 2015
