In this article:
- What is the Fair Pay Check® certificate?
- The FPI certificate is strong recognition of an equal pay culture
- The certificate shows how far an equal pay culture has come
- How do you apply for the FPI certificate?
- Evenpay is an FPI-audited tool that makes applying for the certificate easy
FPI Fair Pay Innovation Lab is a German non-profit organisation that promotes an equal pay culture across the EU. FPI holds special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, and it has developed a certification programme that makes companies’ fair pay practices, and how they develop them, visible.
What is the Fair Pay Check® certificate?
Universal Fair Pay Check is a certification programme developed by FPI and registered as an EU trade mark with the EU Intellectual Property Office. Certification is a three-level process. At the first level, the employer analyses its own pay structures. The second level is about systematic development work to correct unjustified pay gaps between people doing work of equal value. At the third and highest level, the company works to bring its pay gaps close to zero.
Read more about what work of equal value means in practice!
The FPI certificate is strong recognition of an equal pay culture
It is easy to say that pay is fair and equal. A certificate backs those words with solid evidence, because an independent party has reviewed both the organisation’s pay data and its pay practices. The FPI certificate is respected recognition that a company invests in an equal pay culture and builds and strengthens it consistently.
The Fair Pay Check certificate tells employees that their employer is genuinely developing and strengthening an equal pay culture. This is verified through an external, independent assessment, so it is not based on the company’s own word alone.
The certificate shows how far an equal pay culture has come
The certificate has three levels. The basic level, Analyst, shows that pay has been analysed and actions to narrow pay gaps have been planned. At the Developer level, those actions are already in place and the adjusted gender pay gap is within ±1%. At the highest level, Leader, development has gone even further: the unadjusted gender pay gap is within ±10% and progress is reported openly.
How do you apply for the FPI certificate?
For certification, the FPI standard requires three things to be reported from the organisation’s pay data: the unadjusted pay gap, the adjusted pay gap and statistical outliers. The analysis must cover all of the organisation’s employees. If any employees or employee groups are left out of the analysis, the reason must be stated. The data is submitted to FPI, whose Screening Board, which includes experts from outside FPI, reviews it and decides on certification and its level.
Read more about fair pay certification!
Evenpay is an FPI-audited tool that makes applying for the certificate easy
FPI has audited Evenpay’s pay equity analysis method and lists Evenpay as a provider of FPI-audited tools in its Tool Compass. In practice, this means Evenpay’s pay equity analysis easily calculates and compiles from your organisation’s data exactly the figures needed to apply for the Fair Pay Check certificate.
To apply for the Fair Pay Check certificate, you need to determine from your organisation’s pay data:
- the unadjusted pay gap
- the adjusted pay gap
- statistical outliers
Evenpay runs the required calculations on your organisation’s HR data quickly and easily. The method is audited by FPI, so the report can be attached directly to FPI’s application form. After that, FPI’s Screening Board reviews the application, and the organisation receives a decision on both the certificate and its level.
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