Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Employers with 250 or more employees are required to report on the gender pay gap in their organisation. This Inbrief provides an overview of the law as it applies to the private and voluntary sectors.

The content includes:

• Background
• Who is covered?
• Definitions of pay
• Reporting on hourly pay
• Reporting on bonus pay
• Publishing the data
• Equality action plans
• Enforcement

Background

The Regulations apply to larger private and voluntary sector employers. Their stated aim is to help reduce the ongoing pay gap between men and women in the workplace. There are very similar rules for public sector employers (not covered in detail in this inbrief).

Employers must publish six figures: their mean and median hourly pay gap; their mean and median bonus pay gap; the proportions of men and women receiving bonuses; and the number of men and women in each of four pay quartiles. This is done by using the data for the pay period which includes the "snapshot date" of 5 April. The figures