Insights & News

Gender pay gap reporting: 5 years on

28 April 2022

Now that we’ve had gender pay gap reporting regulations for over 5 years, we’ve taken a look at the impact of the regime.

Gender pay gap reporting 2021: our analysis of the latest results

07 April 2022

Employers had until 4 April 2022 to publish their gender pay gap statistics relating to 5 April 2021. Now that the results are in, we’ve taken a look at what they reveal.

Ethnicity pay gap reporting will not be mandatory

21 March 2022

Employers will not have to publish their ethnicity pay gaps after the government reversed a previous commitment and decided against making it mandatory.

Gender pay gap at Ryanair widens to almost 68pc despite increase in female pilots: Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Independent

Press

21 February 2022

Ryanair’s gender pay gap has widened despite a surge in applications by women for pilot jobs.

Gender pay gap reporting: 9 common mistakes made by employers

03 February 2022

Did you make any of these mistakes?

Gender pay gap reporting and small businesses

03 February 2022

Although only employers with 250 or more employees are required to report their gender pay gaps, many smaller businesses are deciding to do it anyway. Over 400 small businesses voluntarily uploaded their gender pay gaps relating to April 2020 onto the government’s database.

Gender pay gap reporting in Northern Ireland: what’s the latest?

03 November 2021

What is the latest on gender pay gap reporting in Northern Ireland? This article examines the current position and sets out some important differences between the situation in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland.

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.

Reporting Ethnicity Pay Gaps Recommended for UK Employers: Tom Heys comments for SHRM

Press

04 June 2021

The U.K.'s Commission for Racial and Ethnicity Disparity recently recommended that all employers voluntarily report pay gaps among ethnic groups to identify and rectify disparities.

‘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.

How Covid-19 has messed up gender pay gap statistics: Tom Heys writes for Compliance & Risk Journal

Press

11 June 2020

The current pandemic will affect employers obligations to report on their gender pay gap, which came into force in the UK in 2017, in a number of ways. Tom Heys explains the impact of Covid-19 on these obligations, highlighting the practical issues involved and how employers can tackle them.

Tom Heys comments for HR Grapevine: 100% of UK employers have published their Gender Pay Gap data

Press

07 August 2018

In an article for HR Grapevine, Tom Heys discusses Gender Pay Gap reporting and states the regulations are progressive and valuable in terms of shedding light on workplace inequality.

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.