On 18 August 2016, the Government Equalities Office published a consultation on ‘Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting – Public Sector Employers’. The consultation ran from 18 August to 30 September.
Close the Gap is a partnership project working in Scotland on women’s participation in the labour market. The project works with employers, employees and policymakers to enable and encourage action to address the causes of women’s inequality at work.
The 2016 judicial diversity statistics were published on 28 July 2016 as well as the First Progress Report – Judicial Diversity Committee of the Judges’ Council.
The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals for a Child Poverty Bill. The consultation opened on 8 August and closed on 30 September 2016.
In August 2016, the Labour Party’s Shadow Women and Equalities team launched a race equality consultation seeking views on tackling racism and discrimination in modern Britain. There is currently no closing date for the consultation.
Trades Union Congress research from August 2016 has shown that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) workers are a third more likely to be underemployed.
Still just a bit of banter? Sexual harassment in the workplace in 2016 was published by the TUC in association with the Everyday Sexism Project in 2016.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies published a briefing note on the gender wage gap in August 2016. The briefing note is the first output in a programme of work by the IFS seeking to understand the gender wage gap and its relationship to poverty.
In August 2013, Citizens Advice published research exploring the health and disability employment gap.
Inclusion London launched its Disability Justice Project in August 2016. The Disability Justice Project will support London Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations to use the law to help Deaf/Disabled people make their rights to independent living and access to goods and services a reality.
