Building inclusion | Should firms back ethnicity pay gap reports?

80% of managers have agreed that large organisations should be required to report their organisation’s ethnicity pay gap, new research has found. The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) published the findings ahead of a Parliamentary debate on whether legislation on ethnicity pay gap transparency should be introduced, similar to existing laws around gender pay gap reporting. Currently, ethnicity pay gap reporting is voluntary for organisations, unlike gender pay gap reporting which is compulsory for certain organisations in the UK. The CMI said that such data may be used by organisations to help identify and understand where they may face specific equity, diversity and inclusion challenges for different ethnic groups. Read more NHS offers training to help staff ‘understand white privilege’ However, some debaters said that simply copying the existing template for pay gap reporting would be a difficult endeavour. The Commons debate itself followed a petition which received more than 130,000 signatures calling for the matter to be discussed. The CMI’s Delivering Diversity report found that 80% of managers have agreed that large organisations should be required to report their organisation’s ethnicity pay gap. The study also highlighted a lack of ethnic representation at senior levels. In reference to the CMI