AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth has today announced details of its gender pay gap. This is in line with the Government mandate for all UK organisations with more than 250 employees to share such details, including the percentage of men and women receiving a bonus, and the proportions of men and women in each pay quartile of its workforce.
The results published within this report include everyone employed by AFC Bournemouth Limited. This includes players, management, coaches, office staff, academy staff and all matchday workers.
Football is a unique industry in that elite professional men’s players are very well remunerated. AFC Bournemouth compete in the SkyBet Championship, an elite competition for men’s football teams. The wages players receive at this level do not reflect the majority of organisations in other sectors.
Due to the highly competitive environment they operate in, players and coaching staff are also incentivised to perform well, with bonuses forming an important part of their packages.
The AFC Bournemouth women’s team is operated by the AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust, therefore any related remuneration is not part of this data.
THE CURRENT APPROACH
AFC Bournemouth ensures it appoints the right person for every job, regardless of gender or any other protected characteristic, and that men and women are paid evenly when working in equivalent jobs.
Women play key roles in departments throughout the club including medical, sports science, analysis, ticketing, media, commercial and finance, while Operations Director Liz Finney is integral to its day-to-day running and matchday operation.
Equality for all protected characteristics is monitored closely and frequently. Results and best practice are regularly discussed in management meetings. The club also recently appointed a new Equality Partnerships Executive in March of this year, to replace its first Equality Partnerships Executive who had been in the role since August 2016.
NEXT STEPS
AFC Bournemouth is an inclusive club with equality and diversity at the heart of all it does. The club has made good progress in recent years, but acknowledges considerable work is still to be done to redress the balance in what is an historically male-dominated industry.
A key quality of any organisation striving to improve its equality and diversity is to both value the advice and experiences of its employees, and be outward-looking. As such, AFC Bournemouth welcomes contributions from employees, supporters and anyone with an interest in championing equality and diversity in the workplace.
