EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has announced a raft of gender pay-gap reporting seminars to take place across the UK early next year. The move follows the Government’s recent publication of the new gender pay-reporting regulations which will become mandatory for employers with 250 or more employees from April 2017.
Describing the regulations as “complex”, EEF said that though businesses support the drive for greater transparency, their ability to comply will hinge upon their understanding. It is urging businesses to take steps now towards getting to grips with the new reporting requirements.
Tim Thomas, director of employment and skills policy at EEF, said: “The principle of gender pay reporting is sound but, for business, the struggle will be in putting these complex regulations into practice. There is a big communications challenge ahead to ensure that firms understand what is expected of them so that they can ensure that they comply.
“The ACAS guidance will be critical and it is hoped that this will be out in good time for the mandatory start date in April next year. But, it is also clear that organisations like our own will play an important part in building understanding and making sure firms feel comfortable and confident about their compliance.”
The EEF seminars are designed to help companies affected to grasp the legal requirements for reporting on the overall gender pay gap, the gender bonus gap, the proportion of men and women receiving bonus pay and the proportions of men and women in each of the four hourly-pay quartiles.
In addition, the seminars will help companies to understand the potential consequences of gender pay reporting for their business. They will be helped to consider how they might best present their figures, what metrics they might voluntarily publish to set their figures in context and what narrative they might provide. The seminars will also help firms to identify the causes of their pay gap and the steps they could take to start to successfully narrow the gap.
Full details of the seminars call 0808 168 5874.
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