Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to enforce sanctions for companies that fail to report their gender pay gap.

Regulations introduced in 2017 require employers with 250 or more employees to report specific data about their gender pay gap.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the power to take enforcement action against employers that breach the regulations. Failure to comply with the regulations could ultimately lead to an unlimited fine decided by the courts

The Equality and Human Rights Commission have published their enforcement policy, which is available online:

www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/closing-gap-enforcing-gender-pay-gap-regulations