French gender equality index

Complying with the Avenir law (September 5, 2018), UBS (France) S.A. publishes its gender equality index. This law aims to eliminate all gender pay disparities in France.

Scoring on a total of 100 points, this index allows companies to assess compensation equality between men and women. It is calculated on the basis of 5 criteria:

Indicator

Explanation

Maximum Points

2019/20 UBS Score

2020/21 UBS Score

Pay Gap

Establishing the differences between the average remuneration of men and women across comparable roles and ranks

40

31

33

Pay Rise (outside promotion) rate

Monitoring the pay-rise rate of men versus women in the company

20

20

20

Promotion rate

Monitoring the promotion rate between men and women in the company

15

10

15

Maternity leave pay increase

Checking compliance with existing law; i.e. whether women who have been off on maternity leave receive pay increases where increases have been awarded in their absence

15

15

15

Parity in high-earners

The balance of men and women in the top ten highest earners in the organisation

10

0

0

Total

 

100

76

83

UBS (France) S.A. scores a total of 83 points for year of reference (January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020). This is an increase from 76 points the prior year.

France has committed to a number of steps through 2021 to address the areas which require greatest improvement. This in line with our Group gender aspiration to increase senior representation of women at Director and above to 30%.