The government published a joint consultation to help inform the drafting of legislation which would introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers.
The consultation closes 10 June 2025. Full details can be found here.
The King’s Speech in July 2024 announced the government’s intention to legislate to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers. This consultation seeks views on how these measures could be implemented.
The consultation seeks views on:
Extending Mandatory Pay Gap Reporting to ethnicity and disability
- Geographical scope for these measures
- Pay gap calculations
- Whether employers should have to produce action plans for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting
- Additional reporting requirements for public bodies
- Dates and deadlines
- Enforcement
Ethnicity: Data Collections and Calculations
- Data collection
- Calculating and reporting ethnicity pay gaps
Disability: data collection and calculations
- Comparing pay across employee groups
The BRC is seeking member's input in order to submit a response. The next HR Technical call on Wednesday 30 April (11am-12pm, MS Teams) will host a conversation with members to inform our response to the consultation. Click here for more information.
Alternatively, please share your written responses to the consultation questions or overall key concerns and comments by COP Friday 9 May to lucy.whing@brc.org.uk.
