UK Prime Minister Theresa May will announce later on Thursday a package of measures to increase ethnic minority representation in the workplace and launch a consultation with businesses on mandatory ethnicity pay reporting to address the existing disparities, according to May's press office.<
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th October, 2018) UK Prime Minister Theresa May will announce later on Thursday a package of measures to increase ethnic minority representation in the workplace and launch a consultation with businesses on mandatory ethnicity pay reporting to address the existing disparities, according to May's press office.
The announcement comes exactly a year since the country published the Race Disparity Audit exposing race pay gap. According to the press service, May will announce the Race at Work Charter, which will represent "a clear set of actions to work towards in helping to create greater opportunities for ethnic minority employees at work."
"Alongside the Race at Work Charter, the Prime Minister will also today launch a consultation on ethnicity pay reporting ... In the first consultation of its kind, the government will invite employers to share their views on a mandatory approach to ethnicity pay reporting, since the number of organisations publishing information on the pay gap for people from different ethnic backgrounds voluntarily remains low," the press service added.
According to May, the measures will promote "a fairer and more diverse workforce."
"Every employee deserves the opportunity to progress and fulfil their potential in their chosen field, regardless of which background they are from, but too often ethnic minority employees feel they're hitting a brick wall when it comes to career progression," the UK prime minister said, as quoted by her press service.
The UK government will also take efforts to ensure that national "public services are representative of the communities they serve," while schools, police, and the National Health Service will present their plans to boost the share of ethnic minority representatives at senior levels.
