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Ethnicity pay gap
In October 2024 the Government launched a major overhaul of employment law in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. A number of important amendments have been introduced since the proposed legislation was first published. Stephen Simpson, principal editor at Brightmine, joins the podcast to provide an update and help HR departments prepare for the changes.
With pay gap analysis back in the spotlight, our research examines current practice in UK organisations - including employee data collection and types of pay analysis undertaken, as well as employer readiness for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.
Join Aggie Yemurai Mutuma, CEO of Mahogany Inclusion Partners, to learn practical techniques for encouraging employee ethnicity disclosure in ways that foster trust, protect privacy and align with evolving legal requirements.
Updated to refer to the Government's consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, launched on 18 March 2025.
A consultation has been launched in Northern Ireland on gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.
Although the formal Bill is yet to be published, the Government has outlined plans to require organisations with 250 and more employees to report their ethnicity and disability pay data. To prepare HR leaders for this change, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion to address the practical and cultural challenges of expanded pay gap reporting.
The third in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure explores how to address the specific challenges around ethnicity disclosure, which will enable HR leaders to significantly enhance the effectiveness of their ethnicity data collection efforts.
The second in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation by exploring the common challenges to collecting ethnicity data.
The first in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation. In this guide, we explore why understanding racial diversity, inclusion and lived experience within an organisation is essential to making progress with DEI.
The proposed Equality (Race and Disability) Bill will include provisions to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for employers with 250 or more employees.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to the ethnicity pay gap.