Last year, the Government expressed a preference for voluntary,
business-led ethnicity reporting. But as only a small number of
businesses have published ethnicity pay gap data, and comparability
is limited as they used different methodologies, the government has
decided that "stronger action is needed to drive change".
So it has launched a consultation asking for views on taking
forward its manifesto commitment that large employers should
publish ethnicity pay data.
What will companies have to do?
The government believes ethnicity pay reporting should only
apply to companies with 250 or more employees, although the
consultation seeks views on whether this threshold is
appropriate.
