The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017

Duty to publish annual information relating to pay

2.—(1) A relevant public authority must publish, for 2017 and each subsequent year, the following information—

(a) the difference between the mean hourly rate of pay of male full-pay relevant employees and that of female full-pay relevant employees (see paragraph 8);

(b) the difference between the median hourly rate of pay of male full-pay relevant employees and that of female full-pay relevant employees (see paragraph 9);

(c) the difference between the mean bonus pay paid to male relevant employees and that paid to female relevant employees (see paragraph 10);

(d) the difference between the median bonus pay paid to male relevant employees and that paid to female relevant employees (see paragraph 11);

(e) the proportions of male and female relevant employees who were paid bonus pay (see paragraph 12); and

(f) the proportions of male and female full-pay relevant employees in the lower, lower middle, upper middle and upper quartile pay bands (see paragraph 13).

(2) The relevant public authority must publish the information required by sub-paragraph (1) within the period of 12 months beginning with the snapshot date.

(3) In compiling the information required by sub-paragraph (1), a relevant public authority is not required to include data relating to a relevant employee if—

(a) the employee is employed under a contract personally to do work, and

(b) the public authority does not have, and it is not reasonably practicable for the public authority to obtain, the data.