A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make Regulations under Section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 to require employers of more than 250 employees to publish information relating to the pay of employees for the purpose of showing whether there are differences in the pay of male and female employees; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sarah ChampionLabour (Co-op)
30 March 2015
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The Equal Pay (Transparency) Bill would require employers with more than 250 employees to publish information showing how much they pay male and female staff, so the public can see whether there are gender pay differences. The data would be published under Regulations made by the Secretary of State under the Equality Act 2010. The bill is currently at its second reading in the House of Commons, having been first read in December 2014, and is sponsored by Sarah Champion.
The bill has completed its first reading and is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons; no further stages are recorded in the provided information.
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16 Dec 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 16 December 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
