MPs want smaller firms to reveal gender pay gap

By Jordan Marshall2018-08-02T13:17:00

The change would see more construction firms reveal pay figures

MPs are calling on the government to make smaller companies report their gender pay gap figures, potentially casting an even harsher light on the construction industry’s poor performance.

At the moment all UK firms with more than 250 staff are required by law to publish annual figures showing the pay gap between their male and female employees, with the results being published on the employer’s own website and a government site.

MPs from the the business committee, who have today published their report titled Gender pay gap reporting, said only around half the members of the UK workforce were expected to be covered by the present reporting requirements.

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