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Consultation: Equal pay and pay discrimination

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The Office for Equality and Opportunity are seeking views on how they can deliver a comprehensive reform of the current equal pay framework so that it works better for workers, businesses, and the justice system.

Views are particularly welcomed from those who may be most affected by the different measures relating to pay discrimination policy, including:

  • employers
  • trade unions
  • public sector bodies
  • women’s sector, race and disability stakeholders 
  • legal experts and practitioners, including HR and pay and reward specialists
  • individuals with lived experience of pay discrimination

This consultation closes at 5pm on 27 October 2026.

For further information and to respond to the consultation please select the following link: Equal pay and pay discrimination - GOV.UK.


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