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Recommendation 32
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Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 136
We recommend that gender pay gap reporting be urgently reinstated, with reporting for the financial...
Recommendation
We recommend that gender pay gap reporting be urgently reinstated, with reporting for the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21 required in April 2021.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepted, stating that gender pay gap reporting was never legally suspended but enforcement was. The EHRC extended the 2020/21 reporting deadline to October 2021, rather than the recommended April 2021.
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Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017. This requirement has never changed, however given the unprecedented circumstances employers faced enforcement action was suspended. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced on 23 February 2021 that due to the continued effects of the covid-19 pandemic, employers will have until 5 October 2021 to report their gender pay gap information for 2020/21. decision.
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