Dr. Kara McGann:

We have looked at the occupational categories and we have tested them with employers in different sectors to see how they might work. There are four categories for managers and eight categories for non-managers. The definitions are quite clear as to who would and would not fit in. An employer would have to put down who fits into which type of category and why. For data protection reasons where there are very few in a particular category there might be a reason for them being in a different area. However, it is quite straightforward and most of the employers who have road tested it, as it were, have found it is quite accessible. It offers the opportunity to see exactly where the gap is happening and why it is happening there, as opposed to a more global figure that does not tell us why. It therefore offers the opportunity to put focused solutions in place.