Revised Gender Pay Reporting Regulations Published in the UK

Revised Gender Pay Reporting Regulations Published in the UK

December 12, 2016, Covington Alert

On 6 December 2016, the UK Government published the revised draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 (the “Regulations”), which, subject to prior parliamentary approval, are expected to come into force on 6 April 2017. The new law will require private employers in the UK to collect and publish information showing differences in pay between male and female employees. The Regulations clarify a number of problem provisions in the original version (published in February), highlighted by the results of a Government consultation.