Member

Meanwhile, as we committed to in the plan to make work pay, through the Bill we are taking the first steps towards requiring large employers to publish action plans detailing the steps they are taking to narrow their gender pay gap alongside their gender pay gap figures. Beyond a simple reporting requirement, this presents a real opportunity to encourage organisations to give more consideration to the impact of their policies on the workforce and to be more transparent about their parental leave and pay policies, their workplace flexibility and broader pay and progression practices. In doing so, this policy will bring benefits to fathers, who equally stand to benefit from more family-friendly parental leave and pay policies. As I said, our hope is that this will help to make it the norm to provide this kind of information, benefiting both current employees and those looking for work.