TUC, CBI and EHRC make joint appeal for ethnicity pay reporting

The TUC, employers’ organisation the CBI, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have joined together to call on the government to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting.

In a joint letter signed by TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady, CBI director general Tony Danker, and EHRC chairwoman Baroness Kishwer Falkner the organisations say:

“Introducing mandatory pay reporting on ethnicity would transform our understanding of race inequality at work and most importantly, drive action to tackle it where we find it. This has been a longstanding goal for all of us. It will enable employers to identify, consider and address the particular barriers facing ethnic minorities in their workplace, and will complement and enhance the work many already do to address gender pay gaps under existing regulations.

“We urge government to set out a clear timeframe to implement this and encourage you to work with us to develop the tools and resources required to ensure that employers are supported, and that workers are confident in disclosing data in advance of making reporting mandatory.

“In so doing, we firmly believe that this will help ethnic minorities reach their full potential in the workplace, make business more inclusive, and ensure government has a rich source of robust evidence to inform future labour market and industrial strategies.”

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