{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017.json",
  "id": "uksi/2017/172",
  "title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017",
  "short_title": "Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) 2017",
  "long_title": "These Regulations impose obligations on employers with 250 or more employees to publish information relating to the gender pay gap in their organisation. In particular, employers are required to publish the difference between the average hourly rate of pay paid to male and female employees; the difference between the average bonus paid to male and female employees; the proportions of male and of female employees who receive bonuses; and the relative proportions of male and female employees in each quartile pay band of the workforce.",
  "citation": "S.I. 2017/172",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "2017",
  "number": "172",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2017-02-06",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/1",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/2",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Duty to publish annual information relating to pay",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/3",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Meaning of “ordinary pay”",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/4",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Meaning of “bonus pay”",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-4",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/5",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Meaning of the “pay period” and the “relevant pay period”",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-5",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/6",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": "Meaning of “hourly rate of pay”",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-6",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/7",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": "Employee’s working hours in a week",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-7",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/8",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "8",
      "heading": "Difference in mean hourly rate of pay",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-8",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/9",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "9",
      "heading": "Difference in median hourly rate of pay",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-9",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/10",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "10",
      "heading": "Difference in mean bonus pay",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-10",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/11",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "11",
      "heading": "Difference in median bonus pay",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-11",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/12",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "12",
      "heading": "Proportion of male and female employees who received bonus pay",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-12",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/13",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "13",
      "heading": "Proportion of male and female employees according to quartile pay bands",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-13",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/14",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "14",
      "heading": "Information to be accompanied by signed statement",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-14",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/15",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "15",
      "heading": "Form and manner of publication",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-15",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/16",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "16",
      "heading": "Review",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/regulation-16",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2017-02-21",
      "size": 75380,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/pdf/uksi_20170172_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/172/pdfs/uksi_20170172_en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "UK Explanatory Memorandum",
      "main": false,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2017-02-21",
      "size": 52232,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/pdf/uksiem_20170172_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/172/pdfs/uksiem_20170172_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/2010/15",
      "title": "Equality Act 2010",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
      "provisions": [
        "section/78",
        "section/207"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 1,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-gender-pay-gap-information-regulations-2017/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/172",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:15:02.086821+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}