Insights & News

Gender pay gap reporting - analysing the 2020 results

13 October 2021

Employers had until 5 October 2021 to publish their gender pay gap statistics relating to April 2020. What have we learned from the results?

Ethnicity pay gap reporting and the problem of incomplete data

12 August 2021

Despite government inaction, increasing numbers of employers are calculating their ethnicity pay gaps. This article explains the problems that arise from using incomplete datasets when calculating the gap and how these can be resolved.

Employer loses discrimination claim after trying to reduce gender pay gap

28 July 2021

An Employment Tribunal decision involving an ad agency has highlighted the dangers for employers of taking an overly aggressive approach to reducing gender pay gaps. It also provides a reminder that all discrimination is unlawful, even where the victims are from a historically privileged group.

‘Adjusted’ gender pay gaps - an alternative approach to gender pay gap reporting?

04 May 2021

Calculating an “adjusted” gender pay gap could provide useful context to an employer’s gender pay gap statistics and reveal systemic bias. But what is an adjusted gender pay gap and how is it calculated?

Gender pay gap reporting - what do the published statistics tell us so far?

14 April 2021

Employers have until 4 October 2021 to report their gender pay gap statistics relating to 5 April 2020. With over 25% of employers having published their figures already, what do the results tell us so far?

Ethnicity pay gap reporting: new legislation looks unlikely after report by Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

31 March 2021

Ethnicity pay gap reporting should be voluntary, according to a new report published by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.

Gender pay gap reporting – six-month deadline extension announced

25 February 2021

Employers must report their gender pay gap statistics relating to the “snapshot date” of 5 April 2020, but they now have until 4 October 2021 to do so following an extension of the deadline due to the impact of Covid-19.

CEO pay ratio reporting coming soon

12 June 2018

Good news for fans of gender pay gap reporting who work for UK-listed companies – executive pay gap reporting will soon be added to your to-do list as well.

EHRC gets tough on enforcing gender pay gap reporting

26 April 2018

Enquiries by Lewis Silkin have revealed that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) is adopting a rigorous approach to enforcement of the gender pay gap reporting (“GPGR”) regime.

Gender pay gap reporting – the story so far

25 September 2017

It’s a little over five months since the first “snapshot date” of 5 April 2017 and less than seven months before the final deadline for employers with 250 or more UK staff to publish their first ever gender pay gap reports without incurring the wrath of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. This seems as good a point as any to ask the question “Where are we now?”

Executive pay ratio reporting – sound familiar?

04 September 2017

The Government has recently announced it will take forward a number of proposals for corporate governance reform relating to employment. Media reports have focused on the watering down of earlier plans for worker representation on boards, which has predictably been attacked by unions.

Gender pay gap reporting – D-Day looms…

28 March 2017

It’s the employment law change that has generated more interest than any other for many years. Next Wednesday – 5 April 2017 – is the first ever “snapshot date” for the new gender pay gap reporting regime. For several thousand employers, it’s the day for which they will have to pull the payroll data from which their first ever public gender pay gap report will need to be compiled.

Bonuses of contention: the treatment of incentive schemes in gender pay gap reporting

09 March 2017

Carolyn Soakell blogs for Practical Law’s Employment Blog - Bonuses of contention: the treatment of incentive schemes in gender pay gap reporting

Planning for employment law issues in your HR budget

19 January 2017

With the annual budgeting process now underway in many businesses, we have taken a look at the expected employment law developments for the coming year and identified five non-core areas of potential spend/cost that HR directors may want to make allowance for in their 2017/18 budget.

Talking women in leadership and gender pay gaps with Dame Janet Gaymer

01 December 2016

Function after form – when will Law Firms get out in front on gender issues?

Gender pay gap reporting and Simpson’s Paradox

05 May 2016

The draft gender pay gap reporting regulations were published early this year.