Women in the United Kingdom still earn almost 20 percent less than men (Closing The Gender Pay Gap).  Fortunately, the government have just finished a consultation on new regulations aimed at helping to close this gender pay gap.

Currently a gender pay gap exists in every EU country, although some governments are starting to tackle this matter by introducing legislature that requires employers to report on information like pay equality. 

Whilst the United Kingdom is therefore not alone in the fight for gender pay equality, they are trying to stifle this raging issue.  New regulations which are due to come into force in March 2016, will require large private and voluntary sector employers to publish data on gender pay gaps within their organisations.  While the full details surrounding these regulations haven’t been released, human resource experts do believe that the reporting transparency will apply to UK-based employers with 250 or more employees. 

Unfortunately for some employers, reporting duties currently differ from country to country.  This means businesses with employees across Europe will face a range of different rules, regulations and requirements.

HR experts explain that since all of these potential changes are now starting to come to light, some international businesses might decide that it’s worth governments considering a more uniform approach to gender pay gap reporting.  Ideally, one kind of requirement or compliance regulation globally for gender pay rate reporting would be a better scenario for certain businesses.  However, the issue with this is that a global rule would potentially affect countries that do not have a commitment to promoting gender equality.