UK Statutory Instrument SI 2017 United Kingdom

Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017

These Regulations impose obligations on employers with 250 or more employees to publish information relating to the gender pay gap in their organisation. In particular, employers are required to publish the difference between the average hourly rate of pay paid to male and female employees; the difference between the average …

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Made under
Equality Act 2010
Enforced by
EHRC
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer3

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.002 Duty to publish annual information relating to pay Regulated
  • Publish annual gender pay gap informationEmployer
s.013 Proportion of male and female employees according to quartile pay bands Regulated
  • Calculate and report gender pay quartile bands fairlyEmployer
s.015 Form and manner of publication Regulated
  • Publish gender pay gap information on your website for 3 yearsEmployer
13 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.003 Meaning of “ordinary pay”
s.004 Meaning of “bonus pay”
s.005 Meaning of the “pay period” and the “relevant pay period”
s.006 Meaning of “hourly rate of pay”
s.007 Employee’s working hours in a week
s.008 Difference in mean hourly rate of pay
s.009 Difference in median hourly rate of pay
s.010 Difference in mean bonus pay
s.011 Difference in median bonus pay
s.012 Proportion of male and female employees who received bonus pay
s.014 Information to be accompanied by signed statement
s.016 Review

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