Recommendation 23

While we recognise the Government’s plans for a pay transparency pilot as a first step to exploring these issues, we are concerned by the lack of progress since the pilot was announced two years ago. Given the very clear case for action, the Government should act now rather than await the outcome of a pilot scheme that will include just a single organisation. We recommend that the Government introduces legislation to mandate the inclusion of salary band information on job advertisements, and to ban prospective employers from asking for salary history as part of the job application process. (Paragraph 110) Sexual Harassment