Gender Pay Reporting In The Private Sector – Final Rules Published

The final draft version of the gender pay regulations has now been published. A number of the changes to the original draft regulations which appeared in the government consultation on the gender pay reporting for public sector employers over the summer, have been incorporated in the regulations but there are also some new definitions and requirements and the regulations still leave some uncertainties.

Which employers have to provide gender pay gap information?

The regulations still just apply to private and voluntary sector employers with 250+ employees, but not to public sector employers. As to precisely what rules will apply to public sector employers, we now await the government's response to the separate consultation on the reporting obligations for public sector employers.