Tag archives: equal pay

Ethnicity pay gap reporting in the UK

As reported in an earlier post, the UK Government introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting in 2017. An independent review conducted in 2017, Race in the workplace, made a number of recommendations for removing the barriers to workplace progression faced by ethnic minorities including the introduction of mandatory reporting of ethnicity pay data. At that … Continue reading

Bericht zur Gleichstellung und Entgeltgleichheit erstmals in 2018 aufzustellen!

By Anja Lingscheid on December 8, 2017 Posted in Europe, General, Germany

Die Umsetzung guter Vorsätze: Erstmaliger Entgeltbericht nach dem Entgelttransparenzgesetz Ganz oben auf der To-Do-Liste für 2018 steht – neben den Vorsätzen für das neue Jahr – für viele Unternehmen die erstmalige Aufstellung des Berichts zur Gleichstellung und Entgeltgleichheit nach dem Entgelttransparenzgesetz. Der Bericht ist im Jahr 2018 erstmals zu erstellen – Berichtszeitraum ist dabei das … Continue reading

What rights and protections are there for part-time workers in the UK?

By Claire Darbourne (UK) on October 19, 2016 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, UK

In the UK, before June 2000 there was no express protection for part-time workers against less favourable treatment when compared with those who work full time. Their only options for legal redress were by way of an equal pay or sex discrimination claim. In 2000 the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations (the … Continue reading

Fair P(l)ay in Germany? – What measures are in place (or proposed) to address gender pay inequality in the workplace

By on June 1, 2016 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, Germany

This post was also contributed by Ebru Tirel, Trainee, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (Munich). In Germany, “Equal Pay Day” is widely observed. It marks the day from which women are deemed to start to earn wages in that calendar year, where men have started to earn wages since January 1st. This year, Equal Pay Day was … Continue reading

What protection do employees have against discrimination on grounds of gender in France?

By Elodie Grangier on October 30, 2015 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, France

Discrimination based on an employee’s gender is a sensitive topic in France as, in spite of the numerous laws voted with the intention of tackling this issue, the national institute of statistics and information about economy recently disclosed that the global gap in average remuneration between men and women was still approximately 19% in 2013, … Continue reading

What protection do employees have from discrimination on grounds of gender in the UK?

By Claire Darbourne (UK) on October 27, 2015 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, UK

Although discrimination on grounds of gender – or sex – regarding pay and other contractual terms of employment was first made unlawful in Great Britain in 1970 under the Equal Pay Act, sex discrimination in respect of all aspects of the employment relationship was first made unlawful in 1975. The current law on sex discrimination … Continue reading

Equal job, equal pay (and equal pay increase)

By Judicaël Fouquet on July 28, 2015 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, France

The legal context Remuneration is a fairly sensitive matter in France. Although the determination of the level of remuneration of employees is not strictly regulated (only minimum levels of remuneration are provided by the law and by the relevant collective bargaining agreement), the freedom of employers is limited by the “equal job, equal pay” principle … Continue reading

What protection from discrimination do employees have on the grounds of sexual orientation?

By Karen Ainslie (ZA) on June 26, 2015 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, South Africa

This article was written by Yusuf Peer, an Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa South Africa has a long history of discrimination, primarily based on race, due to its former apartheid policies. In addition to race however, there is also a history of discrimination and intolerance based on other grounds such as gender and sexual … Continue reading

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 – new employment legislation in the UK

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on April 9, 2015 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, UK, Whistleblowing

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the SBEEA) received Royal Assent in the UK on 26 March 2015, although most of the employment provisions contained in Part 11 require a commencement order to bring them into force. It is therefore not certain when many of the provisions listed below will have effect. The exception … Continue reading