What's On The Agender?

In February 2016, the then Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities announced the Government Equalities Office's plan to introduce mandatory gender pay gap reporting for employers with 250 or more employees working in Britain in the private and voluntary sectors. The final regulations are anticipated very soon.

It is planned that the first pay gap reporting will take place annually from April 2017. We explained the proposals in more detail in February here. The intention is that the final regulations, which are expected to be published in October 2016, will rely on public and reputational forces to encourage employers to minimise the gender pay gap. Employers who do not meet their obligations to publish will be publicly identified, and those who do publish, but whose gender pay data shows a significant discrepancy, will risk reputational damage.