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<p>Under new government legislation over 10,000 employers reported their gender pay
gaps this year. These regulations increase transparency, driving board level discussions
and pushing employers to take real action to close the gap.</p><p>We are now working
with employers to help them understand their gender pay gaps, and support them to
put plans in place to tackle gaps.</p><p>Mandatory gender pay gap reporting is just
one of the steps government has taken to tackle the drivers of the gap including:</p><ul><li>introducing
Shared Parental Leave and Pay and running a £1.5 million campaign to promote the scheme
to eligible parents.</li><li>extending the right to request flexible working and establishing
a taskforce working with business to make flexible working a reality for all employees.</li><li>creating
a £5 million fund to support women and men who have been out of the labour market
for a long period to return to work.</li><li>spending around £6 billion on childcare
support by 2019-20, around £3.5 billion of which is planned to be spent on free early
education entitlements.</li></ul>
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