Nearly 50 organisations have been named and shamed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for failing to report their latest gender pay gap.
The EHRC has notified all 47 organisations that it will commence formal investigations and assessments to determine whether they are breaking the law by withholding the information.
If the organisations are found to be breaking the law they will be required to publish the figures immediately, and those that do not cooperate could be issued with a formal notice which is enforceable in court and in most cases with an unlimited fine.
Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive at EHRC, said: “Transparency is a vital first step if we are to achieve gender equality in the workplace.
“All employers with 250 or more employees are legally required to publish their gender pay gap where everyone can see it.
“There’s no excuse for missing the deadline and we will be making sure that all employers that haven’t published their figures are held to account.”
The action follows last week’s naming and shaming of three companies that had failed to report their gender pay gap on time two years in a row.
