Mandate gender diversity targets in UK businesses

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Evening Standard published today that no single country is set to achieve gender equality (equal and ease of access to resources and opportunities) by 2030.

Employers should disclose genders within their workforce (I.e. male, female, transgender, pangender) against percentile targets.

Currently, businesses disclose male versus female pay annually and are not met with policy to ensure that these numbers are monitored or actioned - the government is relying upon corporate shame and embarrassment alone to equalise pay.

Thus, equal pay is not compulsory and businesses are not prioritising the issue with swift action.

Imposing targets (percentiles) would set this higher on business agendas, helping to resolve this issue ahead of future generations joining the workplace.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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Timeline

3 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
1 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2019

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