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title: "Guide: Gender pay gap"
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description: "Create a gender pay gap report in Cintra iQ with our step-by-step checklist, from setup to interpreting results. Ensure compliance and accuracy."
updated: 2026-07-13T10:38:11Z
published: 2026-07-13T10:38:11Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/guide-gender-pay-gap"
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# Guide: Gender pay gap

This checklist takes you through the process for producing a gender pay gap report in **Cintra iQ**, from initial setup through to interpreting your results. Work through each step in order, since later steps depend on the data configured in earlier ones.

### 1. What is the gender pay gap report?

A gender pay gap report shows the average pay difference between male and female employees, using hourly rates, bonus pay, and pay quartiles. It is a legal requirement under the Equality Act 2010 for employers with 250 or more employees. See [What is gender pay gap reporting?](/iq/docs/what-is-gender-pay-gap-reporting)

### 2. Set up your pay definitions

Before you can create a snapshot, Cintra iQ needs to know which of your payments count as ordinary pay and which count as bonus pay, how normal weekly hours are worked out, and how hourly rates are calculated. Getting these calculations correct reduces the number of manual overrides you need to make later after you’ve created the snapshot.

- [ ] **Define ordinary and bonus pay.** Decide which headings in your payroll count towards ordinary pay and which count as bonus pay for reporting purposes. See [Define ordinary and bonus pay for gender pay gap reporting](/iq/docs/how-do-i-define-ordinary-and-bonus-pay-for-gender-pay-gap-reporting).
- [ ] **Establish normal weekly hours.** Confirm how weekly hours are calculated for your employees, including anyone on part-year or term-time contracts. See [How are normal weekly hours established?](/iq/docs/how-are-normal-weekly-hours-established)
- [ ] **Establish hourly rates.** Set up how hourly rates are calculated from the pay and hours figures above. See [Establish gender pay gap hourly rates](/iq/docs/how-do-i-establish-gender-pay-gap-hourly-rates).

### 3. Create your snapshot

Once your pay definitions are in place, create a snapshot for the payrolls you want to include. This pulls in the data your report will be based on.

- [ ] **Create snapshot(s)**. See [How do I create gender pay gap snapshots?](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-gender-pay-gap-snapshots)

For more information on which date(s) to take the snapshot, see [snapshot dates](/iq/docs/what-is-gender-pay-gap-reporting#snapshot-dates).

### 4. Filter and check your snapshot

Before producing the report, review the snapshot data and filter it down to the employees you want to include. Use the **Exclude** column to remove anyone who shouldn't count towards the statistics, such as contractors.

- [ ] **Filter / check the snapshot**. See [How do I view/edit gender pay gap snapshot details?](/iq/docs/how-do-i-view-edit-gender-pay-gap-snapshot-details)

### 5. Correct any errors

While you’re still in the Snapshot Details screen, check for anything that needs overriding, such as an incorrect weekly hours figure or an employee who isn't on full pay. Overriding a figure updates the hourly rate automatically.

- [ ] **Add any overrides**. [How do I override an entry?](/iq/docs/how-do-i-view-edit-gender-pay-gap-snapshot-details#how-do-i-override-an-entry)

### 6. Produce the gender pay gap report

Once your snapshot data is filtered and corrected, you're ready to produce the report itself.

- [ ] **Produce the report**. See [How do I produce a gender pay gap report?](/iq/docs/guide-gender-pay-gap#produce-the-report)

### 7. Interpret the report

For an explanation about each of a sections in the report, see [Understanding the gender pay gap](/iq/docs/how-is-the-gender-pay-gap-calculated). The article also has a section to help you [understand how the gaps / proportions are calculated](/iq/docs/how-is-the-gender-pay-gap-calculated#how-is-the-gender-pay-gap-calculated).