Consultation outcome

Ethnicity pay reporting

From:
Department for Business and Trade, Race Disparity Unit and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
11 October 2018
Last updated
13 July 2023 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Ethnicity pay reporting: government response

PDF, 365 KB, 17 pages

Detail of outcome

This consultation sought views on a mandatory approach to ethnicity pay reporting.

Detail of feedback received

We received 321 responses:

  • 119 from individuals
  • 93 from private sector employers
  • 42 from public sector employers and non-profit organisations
  • 67 from representative bodies and interest groups

Respondents reported that they wanted to see alignment, where possible and appropriate, between mandatory ethnicity pay reporting and existing arrangements for gender pay reporting. There were mixed responses on the preferred metric to report ethnicity pay gaps.

In 2022 the government committed to publish guidance to employers on voluntary ethnicity pay reporting.

Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on ethnicity pay reporting by employers.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on ethnicity pay reporting by employers. It sets out options and asks questions on:

  • what ethnicity pay information should be reported by employers to allow for meaningful action
  • who should be expected to report
  • next steps

The objective of the consultation is to enable government and employers to move forward in a consistent and transparent way. Consultation responses will inform future government policy on ethnicity pay reporting.

Documents

Ethnicity pay reporting: consultation

PDF, 458 KB, 31 pages

Updates to this page

Published 11 October 2018
Last updated 13 July 2023 + show all updates

  1. Government response published.

  2. First published.

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