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The Government Equalities Office (GEO) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have taken the decision to suspend enforcement of the gender pay gap reporting deadlines for this year.
In a joint statement, the minister for women & equalities, Liz Truss, and the EHRC chair, David Isaac, said:
We recognise that employers across the country are facing unprecedented uncertainty and pressure at this time. Because of this we feel it is only right to suspend enforcement of gender pay gap reporting this year.
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have suspended enforcement of the #genderpaygap reporting deadlines for this year. Which is a relief personally as have no idea how @caelainnbarr and I would find time to report it.
In the Commons Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, also told MPs that he was “determined” to find a means of helping self-employed people who were losing work because of the coronavirus crisis. But he said it was “incredibly complicated” finding a way of designing a scheme that would help those in need, while not giving money to people who did not need it.
He says the Treasury had prioritised helping the 90% of workers who are employed.
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