Addressing Gender Pay Gap: Challenges and Strategies at ASDA

This report examines the gender pay gap within ASDA, a UK-based supermarket retail store, focusing on the challenges and potential solutions. The report investigates the concepts of equality and diversity in the workplace, aiming to identify the issues caused by the gender pay gap and propose strategies to address them. Through a series of survey questions, the report gathers insights on employee awareness of equality, the impact of the gender pay gap on performance, and the main challenges faced by the organization. The findings highlight issues such as unequal wages, lack of adaptability, and discrimination. The report suggests strategies like clarity in salary, employee training, and fostering a supportive work environment. Ultimately, the study concludes that equality and diversity are crucial for maximizing profitability and productivity, and addressing the gender pay gap is essential for positive employee outcomes. The report references various academic sources to support its findings.

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Table of content
 Introduction
 Project aims and objectives
 Research question
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Diversity refers to the aggregation of different kind of religion, ethnic, background and
beliefs depend upon the individual. Diversity define as those all factors as well as
the elements which make people different from each other and there are differences
in human activities as per the trend.

Project aims and objectives
Overview of the company: ASDA is taken in this report which is supermarket retail store
present in UK.
Research Aim: “To study the various challenges faced by organisation due to gender pay
gap at workplace including different measures to deal with it”A case study on ASDA.

Research objectives:
 To study the concept of equality and diversity at workplace.
 To determine the different challenges faced by enterprise due to gender pay gap
at workplace.
 To identify the various strategies or measure that could be taken by ASDA to deal
with the issues of gender pay gap at workplace.

RESERACH QUESTION
Q1. Are you aware with the thought of
equality and diversity at workplace?
Frequenc
y
(a) Yes 12
(b) No 8
(a) Yes (b) No
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6
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12
14
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CONTD..
Q2:Do you think that the gender
pay gap influence employee
performance at the company?
Frequenc
y
(a) Yes 15
(b) No 5
(a) Yes (b) No
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Column B

CONTD..
Q3: What are the main challenges which are faced
by the organisation which occur due to gender
pay gap?
Freque
ncy
(a) Unequal Wage 10
(b) Lack of adaptability 5
(c) Inefficacious working culture. 5
(a) Unequal Wage
(b) Lack of adaptability
(c) Inefficacious working culture.
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4
6
8
10
12
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CONTD
Q4. What the method which can be implied by the ASDA to
handle the gender pay gap issue within the workplace? Fre
que
ncy
(a) Clarity in salary 4
(b) Instruct employees regarding issue 6
(c) Encourage female entrepreneurs 10
(a) Clarity in salary
(b) Instruct employees regarding issue
(c) Encourage female entrepreneurs
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2
4
6
8
10
12
Column B

CONTD..
Q5. which kind of problems faced by ASDA
while implementing equality at workplace?
Frequency
(a) Lack of employee engagement 6
(b) Destructive employee attitude 10
(c) Discrimination 4
(a) Lack of employee engagement
(b) Destructive employee attitude
(c) Discrimination
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2
4
6
8
10
12
Column B

CONTD..
Q6. What are the method through which firm
can overcome the problems while handling
equality at workplace?
Frequ
ency
(a) Render equal development platform 10
(b) Training and development program 8
(c) developing work life balance 2
(a) Render equal development platform
(b) Training and development program
(c) developing work life balance
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2
4
6
8
10
12
Column B

CONTD..
Q7. What are the measure taken by ASDA to
reduce such kind issue from the organisation?
Frequency
(a) Enhance individual performance 12
(b) Provide equal chance 8
(c) Develop proper structure 2
(a) Enhance individual performance
(b) Provide equal chance
(c) Develop proper structure
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4
6
8
10
12
14
Column B