Select Committee · Treasury Committee

Sexism in the City

Status: Closed Opened: 12 Jul 2023 Closed: 28 May 2024 17 recommendations 19 conclusions 1 report

The Treasury Committee is examining the barriers faced by women in financial services and the progress made in removing gender pay gaps. The MPs will explore what role firms, the Government and regulators should play in combatting sexual harassment and misogyny. The Committee will evaluate the progress on implementing the recommendations of the previous Treasury …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Sixth Report - Sexism in the City	HC 240	8 Mar 2024	36	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items

14 Recommendation Sixth Report - Sexism in the City Accepted in Part

Encourage firms to advertise flexible and part-time roles to attract diverse talent.

We recommend that the Government and regulators encourage firms to advertise as many roles as possible to be available on flexible and part-time bases, as a way to attract and retain as wide a talent pool as possible, especially women.

Government response. The government previously decided against legislating to require employers to list flexible working opportunities in job adverts. Instead, it is actively promoting the 'Happy to Talk Flexible Working' initiative and notes that new legislation enabling employees to request flexible working …

HM Treasury

35 Recommendation Sixth Report - Sexism in the City Accepted in Part

Introduce legislation to ban the use of non-disclosure agreements in harassment cases.

We are pleased that the Government is looking at ways to prevent this abusive use of NDAs, and we recommend the introduction of legislation to ban the use of NDAs in harassment cases.

Government response. The government shares concerns about NDA misuse and is taking steps, including legislation to clarify NDAs cannot prevent reporting a crime or discussing criminal conduct, but it has not committed to a full ban on NDAs in harassment cases.

HM Treasury

Correspondence

6 letters

Date	Direction	Title
23 May 2024	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Women - Dame Harriett Baldwin MP
27 Feb 2024	To cttee	Letter from the Financial Conduct Authority, relating to non-financial miscondu…
27 Feb 2024	To cttee	Letter from Baroness Vere to the Chair, relating to the 'Sexism in the City' in…
27 Feb 2024	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to Baroness Vere, relating to the 'Sexism in the City' in…
27 Feb 2024	To cttee	Letter from Maria Caulfield MP to the Chair, relating to the 'Sexism in the Cit…
27 Feb 2024	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to Maria Caulfield MP, relating to the 'Sexism in the Cit…