Revised Draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations: Key Points

The government has published the much anticipated revised version of the draft Equality Act (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations. The key points to note are:

1. The draft Regulations are due to come into force on 6th April 2017.
2. The snapshot date will now be 5 April each year (rather than 30 April). Gender pay gap information will need to be published within 12 months, meaning that the first reports are due by 4 April 2018.
3. The definition of "relevant employees" has been clarified and means "a person who is employed by the employer on the relevant snapshot date". This is to include both workers and employees. There is, however, an exception to the duty to report for employees who are employed under a contract personally to do work where "the employer does not have, and it is not reasonably practicable for the employer to obtain, the data".