Closing
the gender
pay gap
Wells Said
We’ve certainly come a long way since we started the business in 2002 growing rapidly year on year to where we are today – handling 3 in 10 of all letters sent in the UK. It’s been, and continues to be, an exciting journey for us. And now, I’m delighted to tell you that we have acquired Parcelhub and its sister company Mail Workshop, a Nottingham- based business that specialises in multi-carrier delivery management, ecommerce customer service and fulfilment solutions for online retailers, brands and wholesalers. Needless to say, it’s a perfect fit for our business. We share the same values, and with our combined expertise in ecommerce and fulfilment, are in a great position to offer the kind of choice and shipping solutions small to medium sized e-tailers need. With 31% growth in our international business and 10% growth in our parcel traffic, we’re certainly a company that’s going places and well on track to hit our 2018 targets. Plus we’re doubling our investment in new state-of-the-art parcel sortation machines, integrated carrier management technology and seamless IT systems that will all help us improve our efficiency and agility when responding to high demand. exceptional service, whether that’s investing in infrastructure, expertise or our own people. And it’s this commitment that has proved to be the successful driving force behind our continuing growth. Everything we do here at Whistl is underpinned by our commitment to
Here atWhistl we’re passionate about creating a culture that values the fantastic contribution that bothmen andwomen make to our business. Soweweredelighted to see the results of our gender pay gap report that revealedweoutperformed the average for the transport and logistics sector, paying femaleemployees 5.2% moreonmedianaverage thanmaleemployees. The government’s newgender pay initiative requires employerswith250ormoreemployees topublish their gender pay figures, comparingmenandwomen’s averagepay across theorganisation. The gender pay gap is thedifference in the averagehourly wageof allmenandwomenacross aworkforce. If womendo moreof the lesswell-paid jobswithinanorganisation than men, the gender pay gap is usuallybigger. LynnDillon, HRDirector ofWhistl commented “The salary report by gender showswe are living up toour commitment to equality and fairness andwe’repleased that we’rebucking the trend for equal paywithin the industry. Ensuringweencourage career progression for all colleagues inour business, regardless of gender, raceor sexual orientationhas always beenour goal andwewill continue to strive todo so.”
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NickWells Chief Executive Whistl
Median-womencomparedtomen 1.DHLSupplyChain12.7% lower, 2.DPDGroup2% lower, 3.EddieStobart11.1% lower 4.RoyalMail1.5% lower 5.TNTUK8.6% lower 6.UPS19.8% lower 7.Whistl5.2%higher 8.Wincanton7% lower 9.XPOSupplyChain12% lower
FormoredetailsabouttheWhistlgenderpaygapreportvisit www.whistl.co.uk/news/
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