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- FAQs
The Government has updated its gender pay gap reporting guidance to say that calculations must be based on employees’ biological sex. The guidance attempts to provide examples of how employers might obtain reliable data, but employers may find it difficult in practice.
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- International
In April 2026, there have been important developments to gender pay gap reporting rules around the world. In Japan, there are additional gender pay gap disclosure obligations. In Australia, relevant private-sector employers must choose and declare their targets between 1 April and 31 May 2026. In the UK, employers with 250+ employees may produce and publish a voluntary action plan alongside their gender pay gap data.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated following the publication of Government guidance on gender equality action plan reporting. Organisations can use the new information to voluntarily report and publish their action plans alongside gender pay gap reporting.
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- Date:
- 9 April 2026
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- Case studies
Martyn Dicker, Director of People, and Michelle Agyakwa, Head of Talent, talk to Shelagh Prosser about how UNICEF UK has gone beyond statutory compliance to design and deliver a holistic and sustainable approach to measuring and acting on pay gap differentials across a range of characteristics.
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- Letters and forms
Updated to include the latest pay gap reporting data following the 30 March/4 April 2026 deadlines for 2025 reporting. Organisations can calculate and report their gender pay gap at any point before the 30 March/4 April 2027 deadlines, and can use this as a template narrative report.
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- Date:
- 7 April 2026
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- Commentary and insights
As the Government puts a renewed focus on actions to close the gender pay gap, we look at the progress made by organisations over the past year.
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- Date:
- 30 March 2026
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- Podcasts and webinars
Michelle Gyimah, pay gap strategist and founder of Equality Pays, joins the podcast to explain what the Employment Rights Act 2025 means for pay gap reporting - and what could be next with ethnicity and disability reporting. Practical, straight-talking, and focused on what HR needs to do now.
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- International
Updated to reflect developments in Denmark, France and Sweden.
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- How to
Updated to refer to the Government's statement confirming its commitment to legislating for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting. Although implementation dates are still to be confirmed, the Government's statement should embolden employers to begin preparing. To help you get started, this detailed guide includes sections on gathering ethnicity data for the workforce and defining the groups to report on, while taking into account the need for employee anonymity and statistical robustness.
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- International
As of March 2026, only a few member states have adopted binding measures to comply with the EU Pay Transparency Directive. In France, employers with 1,000 employees must publish gender representation data for senior managers and board members and meet a minimum 30% representation of each gender from 1 March 2026.