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<p>The UK Government supports the work of the Council of Europe and continues to support
the European Social Charter (1961). Since the European Social Charter came into force
in the UK we have introduced a number of policy and legislative reforms that provide
equivalent or greater protections for individuals in the field of equal pay.</p><p>
</p><p>We have also ratified a number of international conventions which provide equivalent
protections and which the UK has implemented via national legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We
are fully committed to the Equal Pay protections in the Equality Act 2010. In 2014,
we introduced equal pay audits for when employers are found to have breached equal
pay law and in 2017 we introduced gender pay gap reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Our equal
pay legislation complies with EU requirements, which are reflected in Article 4.3
of the European Social Charter. We are committed to ensure that the robust protections
provided by Equality Acts 2006 and 2010 and equivalent legislation in Northern Ireland
continue to apply after the UK leaves the EU, as will Article 157 of the Treaty on
the Functioning of the European Union, which will become part of EU-retained law.</p>
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