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Childcare Counsel - ethnicity pay and data leaks

Our resident employment lawyer Caroline Robins, principal associate at Eversheds, answers your questions

Q I’ve heard that, similar to gender pay reporting, reporting of ethnicity pay will soon be required…

A This is looking likely, but is not imminent as the Government consultation is ongoing and not set to close until 11 January. It will be several months before the timeframe for introduction and what the reporting might look like is known, and it may be 2020 at the earliest before mandatory reporting takes effect.

The current focus of the consultation is on employers with more than 250 employees, a threshold which would mirror the current provisions regarding gender pay gap reporting. However, one of the areas of consultation is whether the scope should be broadened, for example by it applying to smaller organisations.

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