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Bill · started in the Lords

Equal Pay Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision for a right for employees to obtain information relating to the pay of a comparator; to reform remedies and time limits relating to equal pay; to provide a right to equal pay where a single source can rectify unequal pay; to amend the statutory statement ​of particulars to include equal pay; to provide for requirements on certain employers to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees and between employees of different ethnic origins; and for related purposes

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Equal Pay Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 28 January 2020 by Baroness Prosser (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 28 Jan 2020
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 5 May 2021.