Scottish Sea Farms Head of HR Fiona McCann explained that salmon farming is still an area dominated by male workers.
Scottish Sea Farms has published the results of its 2023 gender pay gap report which confirms the achievement of equalizing salary levels across the integrated team is underway.
Among the accomplishments obtained, the company reported a 3.8% reduction in women's mean hourly pay gap and a 5.4% reduction in women’s median hourly pay gap. Also, 1.2% more women gained access to the top pay quartile, and 28.6% more women received bonus pay.
On the contrary, Scottish Sea Farms Head of HR Fiona McCann explained that salmon farming is still an area dominated by male workers so this should be considered before an analysis.
"So while there remains no difference in median bonus pay – in other words, the middle-earning male and female received the same bonus – the simple fact men outnumber women in each pay quartile, including those in which bigger bonuses are often paid, contributed to our mean bonus pay gap widening in 2023," she alerted.
Consequently, what seems the easiest and fastest solution to the Head of HR is to attract and retain more women in the company and sector: "We need to be as inventive as we are persistent in our work to attract more women, continually asking ourselves what more we can do and where else we could place ourselves to help raise awareness of the opportunities on offer."
Last year, Scottish Sea Farms acquired Grieg Seafood Shetland and added to its staffing 40 more women which benefited the company's efforts to achieve a much more gender-balanced workforce.
Regarding this, McCann said: "Our priority has been, and always will be, to hire the best candidate for the job. We've made real progress with 109 women on our team currently in roles ranging from Freshwater Technician, Farm Manager, and Fish Vet to Environmental Scientist, Laboratory Supervisor, and Supply Chain Coordinator – but we’d like to see many more."