Some employers fear proposals within the government’s new consultation on equal pay will enable competitors to poach their staff and entwine them with more red tape. Others see the new measures as the law catching up with best practice.
As part of the government’s efforts to prevent pay discrimination it is proposing that employers should publish pay information in job adverts.
According to employment law firm Littler, many employers prefer not to publish data on pay within job adverts as they worry that it is providing their competitors with sensitive, confidential information on their pay structures.
Dónall Brean, senior associate at Littler, told Personnel Today: “Many employers will fear that publishing pay details in job adverts will help their competitors poach their staff.
“Employers also worry that existing employees may demand pay rises based on advertised job roles even though their abilities might not justify a pay rise.”
He said that existing employees could be paid lower rates than new employees for a variety of reasons, such as older salary tiers or shifting market conditions.
The government is also proposing to set up an Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit that would mean businesses, argued Brean, would likely be subject to more red tape and regulatory scrutiny.
Brean added that pay ranges in job ads would mirror requirements already seen in US states such as New York and California, and align UK pay transparency laws with the European Union’s Pay...
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