Government confirms ethnicity pay reporting will remain voluntary but announces new measures to tackle race inequality

On 17 March 2022 the Government published its response to the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (the Sewell Report), which examined racial and ethnic disparities that persist in education, employment and enterprise, crime and policing and health.  The Government’s response paper, entitled “Inclusive Britain”, responds to the recommendations made in the Sewell Report and sets out a 74-point action plan towards a “more inclusive and integrated society”.   In this briefing we consider the proposals of most interest to employers.

The action points in Inclusive Britain are extremely wide-ranging but the following will be of most interest to employers.

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