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UK to require salary details in job adverts under draft anti-discrimination law
The Cabinet Office plans to consult on whether employers must publish exact pay, a pay range, or a benchmark rate, and may also cover non-salary conditions like bonuses.
Employers in the UK would have to publish salary information in job adverts under government draft plans to rewrite anti-discrimination laws, with additional job conditions potentially required as well, according to BBC Business.
Ministers say the policy would improve transparency for jobseekers and reduce the risk of future pay discrimination claims, though the specific requirements for how much salary data will be disclosed are not yet finalized.
The draft outlines a consultation on whether employers must show exact salaries, a pay range, or a benchmark rate for open roles, and whether information beyond base pay, such as bonuses, should also be shared with candidates.
If an employer does not advertise a role, the government proposes providing the salary information in writing before a job interview, while the approach is intended to help candidates avoid mismatched pay expectations and prevent unequal outcomes linked to opaque pay decisions.