Committee will assess new government scheme, amid fears it is not showing true pictureMPs are to investigate the difference in average pay for men and women, amid fears the government’s new scheme to highlight the gender pay gap is not telling the true story. The hearings will come nearly a fortnight after the final deadline for gender pay gap reporting, under a new government initiative that has shed light on radically lower average pay for women than men at UK companies. But many companies are holding back on reporting their gender pay gap until the last minute. Rachel Reeves, the chair of the BEIS select committee, said: “Transparency on gender pay is only the beginning. She said the committee would also look at whether the new reporting scheme was properly capturing the salaries of staff, and what steps companies were taking to address the pay gap.

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2018 17:48 UTC