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Description

Pay Transparency: Building Reliable Data, Calculating and Reporting Pay Gaps

Seven hours to prepare your payroll data before you have to report pay gaps you do not fully control

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Reporting pay gap indicators places HR data under the spotlight. Yet job titles are rarely harmonised, allowances sit in inconsistent payroll elements, and part-time arrangements distort comparisons. The calculation then reveals gaps that stem as much from data quality as from actual pay practices.

These seven hours are designed for professionals already familiar with payroll and workforce analytics. The work focuses on data preparation and calculation simulation. Participants identify unjustified gaps and then build the correction plan that will accompany publication.

Learning objectives

  • Audit the quality of compensation data before running any indicator
  • Build comparable job categories based on documented criteria
  • Simulate a pay gap calculation and analyse the results
  • Distinguish a gap explained by objective factors from a gap requiring correction
  • Build a correction plan with a timeline and control points
  • Prepare the presentation of results to senior management and employee representatives

What makes this programme different

A data audit carried out on an anonymised payroll extract provided during the session
A step-by-step method for building comparable job categories
A structured correction plan presented and defended before the group

Programme

1Making compensation data reliable

Audit before calculation

  • Inventory of payroll elements and how each is processed
  • Harmonisation of job titles and job classifications
  • Handling part-time contracts
  • joiners and leavers
  • Identifying anomalies that would distort an indicator

2Comparable categories and calculation

Comparing like with like

  • Criteria for building groups of jobs of equal value
  • Selecting the pay components to be included
  • Simulating the calculation and reading the results
  • Analysing the objective factors that may explain a gap

3Correction plan and communication

Correct, then explain

  • Prioritising the individual situations to be corrected
  • Building a realistic remediation timeline
  • Preparing the dialogue with employee representatives
  • Responding to information requests from employees

Who is it for

Compensation managers · workforce controllers · payroll managers and HR managers responsible for pay equity.

Prerequisites

Be able to read a payslip and have practical experience of working with salary data.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.