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Equal Pay

Question for Department for Education

UIN HL4587, tabled on 15 December 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to promote equal pay for women in the workplace.

Answered on

22 December 2015

Unequal pay for equal work is unlawful, and it has been for over 40 years. We have made changes that require employment tribunals to order any employer who loses an equal pay case to carry out an equal pay audit.