according to the sfp neither regular pay assessments nor audits to ensure pay equality and equity are undertaken while civil service wages and salaries are not genderdistinct but determined by job there may be unknown wage differentials between men and women at various grades or salary scales within a given job to gain perspective on the question there is a need for data on wages and salaries by grade scale occupation gender and perhaps educational credentials only with such data is it possible to compere male and female salaries and job levels and determine whether they match qualifications and their distribution is similar currently the sfp does not collect such information but it would be a good practice were it do so in order to identify gender gaps and areas that require attention they relate to a work culture that pervades the fpa and focuses on the number of hours spent in the office as opposed to efficiency and achievement