UK gender pay gap reporting regime ‘has no teeth’

Legislation aimed at tackling the gender pay gap focuses too much on monitoring the problem rather than actually fixing it, according to a study published ahead of tomorrow’s 5 October reporting deadline.

The research by King’s College London and the Fawcett Society analysed gender pay gap reporting regimes in the UK and five other countries. It found the UK ranks joint-bottom for the strength of its system, partly because it does not mandate that employers with pay gaps take steps to address them.

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