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Gender Pay Reporting guidance published

ACAS have recently published their Guidance on the Gender Pay Reporting requirements that are due to come into force on 6th April 2017.  The guidance covers the law which is not yet in force but it is a useful starting point for those wanting to understand their obligations and why it was introduced in the first place.  […]

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Gender Pay reporting delayed

Gender pay reporting was supposed to come into force on 1st October 2016.  We were expecting draft legislation over the summer. We do however understand that the Government Equalities Office has confirmed that gender pay reporting has been delayed until at least April 2017.  We are expecting draft legislation in the Autumn. The proposed measures […]

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Gender Pay Reporting

The Government has published its draft regulations entitled The Equality Act (gender pay gap information) Regulations 2016 which are intended to come into force in October 2016. Consultation closed on 11 March 2016 on the draft regulations. The regulations are intended to implement the mandatory gender pay gap reporting duty under section 78 of the […]

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Asda faces equal pay claims

An equal pay test case has been brought by 414 employees of Asda. The Claimants who are mostly women assert that their store roles are of equal value to higher paid positions in the Asda distribution centres which are held by mainly men. The press reports are that the case is before the Tribunal over […]

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Consultation on Equal Pay Audits

The Government has launched another consultation on equal pay which is open until the 18th July 2013.  This is a further opportunity to provide comment on the details of equal pay audits and detail of the forthcoming regulations expected to come into force in 2014.  You can participate in the consultation here.

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