Equalities Report 2015-2017 | Page 56

The Importance of Data in Identifying Key Priorities in Relation to Gender, Disability and Race To support the progression of equal pay for all staff, a robust mechanism for capturing and collecting staff equalities data is currently under development as part of the implementation of a new HR Information System (HRIS) 7 . Having reviewed equal pay and occupational segregation in relation to gender, disability and race, the importance of staff equalities data has truly been highlighted. Moving forward, however, the new HRIS system will facilitate fuller analysis and thus the identification of key priorities will be better supported. The new system also includes an employee self-service interface which will enable staff to update and maintain their own personal data. KEY P R I O RI T I E S Closing the loop to close the gender pay gap Increasing staff disability disclosure to tackle occupational segregation Increasing employment applications received from people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds 7 The new HRIS system is called iTrent. The development of this system means the College is unable at this point to fully provide staff data in regards to recruitment and selection, development and retention. In the years ahead, this data will be available. 56