Ethnicity Pay Reporting Consultation 12 October 2018
A consultation on ethnicity pay reporting has been published alongside a Race in the Workplace Charter. The consultation asks how a new reporting requirement should operate.
The government introduced gender pay gap regulations in 2017 requiring large employers to publish the difference in pay and bonuses between their male and female staff. Over 10,000 employers reported their data in the first year of reporting. In her February 2017 report, Race in the Workplace, Baroness McGregor-Smith recommended that the government should legislate to introduce mandatory reporting of ethnicity data. At the time, the government said that the case had been made for ethnicity reporting and it expected businesses to do this voluntarily.
The government asked Business in the Community (BITC) to assess what steps employers have taken to haul down workplace barriers and harness the talent of a diverse workforce – they found that barriers persist in the workplace.
We now know that only a small number of employers have chosen to publish ethnicity pay data voluntarily. In the ethnicity pay reporting consultation, the government invites views on mirroring some or all elements of the gender pay gap regulations such as proposing the same threshold of 250 employees or above for mandatory reporting.
CIPP comment The CIPP Policy Team will naturally be dissecting the consultation document and asking members and the payroll profession for their input so please do watch out for a survey on this subject in the coming weeks.
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ABAB survey ask is the administrative burden still an issue for the small business community 16 October 2018
It is the goal of ABAB to make a noticeable difference to the small business community in dealing with the administrative burden of the tax system.
The Administrative Burdens Advisory Board (ABAB) is an independent board made up of members from a range of businesses and professions who represent the small business community. Their goal is to make a noticeable difference for small business by supporting HMRC to help make tax easier, quicker and simpler.
This work involves listening to the views of small businesses on their experiences of engaging with the tax system. To aid this system they have published a survey which should take about 5 – 10 minutes to complete.
The link to the survey can be found on page 7 of the Employer Bulletin and will close by the end of day on Friday 19 October.
Results from the survey will be published on GOV.UK during spring 2019.
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