Business group urges PM to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting

‘Legislating for companies to publish this data is only the first step, closing the pay gap is when the real work will begin’

BITC urges PM to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting (PA Wire)

A business organisation backed by King Charles III has urged the prime minister to “not waste any more time” in making it mandatory for big companies to report their ethnicity pay gaps.

Business In The Community (BITC) wrote letters to Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asking them to work together to introduce new legislation for employers with more than 250 staff.

The group, of which the King was a royal founding patron when it formed in 1982, said it is a “matter of urgency” for the government.