Report Summary
As a public body, SPA has a specific duty to publish relevant information to demonstrate our compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), part of the Equality Act 2010. We publish information relating to our recruitment practices and information about employees who share protected characteristics from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
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Pregnancy and Maternity
We offer enhanced pay and leave for adoption, maternity, and paternity along with shared parental leave.
Over this reporting period, 11 individuals took maternity leave.
Since 1 April 2013, 125 authority staff have taken maternity leave. A review of retention rates over the last 10 years confirmed that 4.8 percent of all authority staff returning from maternity leave left within 12 months of returning. Whilst not being complacent about the need to continually monitor approaches, it is positive to note that this compares favourably to current authority leaver rates for 22-23 of 6.3 percent
Next steps will include ongoing engagement with diversity staff associations will allow the Authority to continually monitor data and lived experience related to pregnancy and maternity.
