Consultations

EHRC: The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a consultation (closes on 28 October 2009) on how private and voluntary sector employers with at least 250 staff can measure & report on their gender pay gap. Women working full-time currently earn 17.1% less per hour on average than men, with the gap failing to improve in the past 3 years.  The difference in some sectors such as finance, are much wider and the majority of organisations are not aware of their own gender pay gap.
 
The Commission believes that developing ways for employers to measure & report on their gender pay gap will be a crucial step towards reducing pay inequity by providing greater transparency. The aim is to empower private & voluntary sector employers to report on a voluntary basis, but the Equality Bill does contain a reserve power which, if a future Secretary of State chose to use, could lead to mandatory reporting if progress has not been made on a voluntary basis by 2013.
Press release ~ Consultation: gender pay reporting ~ Commission's position on equal pay
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