Share Parental Leave was launched in 2015 and however parental take up is estimated to be a low 2%. The campaign 'Share the Joy' is part of the government’s aim to raise awareness of employment rights, in a drive to boost job satisfaction and productivity as part of the modern Industrial Strategy and Good Work plan.
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New Year’s Honours List 2019 3 January 2019
Jon Thompson, HM Revenue and Customs Chief Executive, has been recognised for his public service in the 2019 New Year’s Honours list.
Jonathan Michael Thompson received a KCB (Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath) and may take the title of Sir should he choose to do so.
The New Year Honours lists 2017 recognise the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the UK. This year a total of 1,148 people received an award: • 1018 candidates have been selected at BEM, MBE and OBE level: 358 at BEM, 422 at MBE and 238 at OBE; • 70% of the recipients are people who have undertaken outstanding work in their communities either in a voluntary or paid capacity; • 544 women are recognised in the list, representing 47% of the total; • 12% of the successful candidates come from a BAME background; • 4% of the successful candidates consider themselves to have a disability (under the Equality Act 2010); • and 5% of recipients identify as being LGBT
The full New Year’s Honours List 2019 is available to view on GOV.UK.
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CIPP response to consultation on Ethnicity Pay Reporting 14 January 2019
The CIPP has submitted to government its formal response to the consultation on Ethnicity Pay Reporting.
Background 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. Only a small number of employers had chosen to publish ethnicity pay data voluntarily, so in October 2018 the government published a consultation on ethnicity pay reporting (alongside a Race in the Workplace Charter) asking how a new mandatory reporting requirement should operate.
The government invited views on mirroring some or all elements of the gender pay gap regulations such as proposing the same threshold of 250 employees or above.
CIPP conclusion and recommendations From an administrative burden perspective comparability with the methodology applied for gender pay gap would be preferred by our members. However, our members are pragmatic and recognise that this will not achieve the same results because of the different challenges presented by ethnicity classifications.
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