The Employment Rights Bill was launched last week, outlining the new reforms the Government wish to make. They have outlined 28 reforms that look to improve working conditions and drive growth in the economy. My focus is on the Equality (Race and Disability Bill). This is to be delivered in Autumn 2025. Below are the …
I am having a bit of a writing marathon. My 3rd article in so many months. When the creative mind flows you have to follow. I wanted to write about the Gender Pay Gap and why there needs to be more of an intersectional approach to dealing with it. You would have thought that when …
When discussing pay gaps, Gender Pay seems to be the one everyone wants to highlight. Is it because the Gender Pay Gap became mandatory to report in 2017? Or, is it because the media has regularly produced articles about the Gender Pay Gap? You could argue that organisations also play a part in raising the …
As the founder of the #EthnicityPayGap Campaign, I have researched this topic many times. The research focuses on the pay difference in percentages. There have been many articles written about the percentage difference between, Black and White employees, or Bangladeshi women versus White men etc. The focus is generally on the number and not hardly …
“The best ED&I event EVER!”, “Amazing”, “Depth and Breath of the event was Incredible”, and “Great Knowledge Sharing”. These are just a few of the comments made about the Ethnicity Pay Gap Summit 2024. My vision was to create an impactful event where people could learn and feel supported on their Ethnicity Pay Gap Journey. …
shifting social landscape has increasingly pushed diversity and inclusion to the forefront of workplace discussions. Now, both employees and executives alike are acknowledging mistreatment and discrimination within professional settings, and companies are placing greater emphasis on transparency in culture, values and pay. For equality activist Dianne Greyson, this evolution presents a window for meaningful legislative …
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In November 2023, the ONS updated their Ethnicity Pay Gap data, which covered 2012 – 2022. On their summary page, they note the following; The first thing that struck me was, that the pay gap figures for Black, African, Caribbean or Black British employees had not changed since 2012. In conversations with the CEO of …
On Wednesday 12th July 2023, I attended a roundtable discussion on Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting at the House of Commons hosted by Runnymede Trust and ShareAction. The roundtable was chaired by Yasmin Qureshi MP and was attended by those with knowledge and experience on Ethnicity Pay Gap. We discussed the importance of the government making …
All eyes are currently on the pension gender pay gap. There have been recent articles written about this issue which have really evidenced the disparities when it comes to pension payments between men and women. The Guardian reported on 27th May 2023 that the trade union Prospect believes that the percentage difference in pensions for …
On the 30 March 2023, the European Parliament adopted the legislative proposal of the European Commission to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (the Pay Transparency Directive. This directive is very important, there is …