Disability pay gap reporting
The government has published a consultation on its proposals to introduce a duty on large employers to report on their disability (and ethnicity) pay gap. See Disability pay gap reporting.
Call for evidence on equal pay and combined discrimination
In April 2025 the UK government issued a call for evidence (gov.uk) on various areas of equality law.
Among other things, the government intends to give disabled people (and ethnic minorities) stronger rights to equal pay, and is calling for evidence on how to achieve this: Equal pay: disability proposals.
On combined discrimination, the government said it has committed to commencing s.14 EqA, which prohibits direct discrimination because of a combination of two protected characteristics – eg Muslim women, or disabled women. The government is seeking evidence on this: Combined discrimination.
The government also calls for evidence on how to bring the socio-economic duty into force.
Vento bands
The courts take the “Vento bands” into account in deciding the amount of compensation for injury to feelings. These bands are updated for inflation each year. They have just been updated for employment tribunal claims brought on or after 6th April 2025: see Remedies in employment disputes>Injury to feelings: the “Vento bands”.
Perceived disability
On Perceived disability page, I’ve added a paragraph about the short discussion in Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (bailii.org), [2025] UKSC 16 at [249] about the correct comparator for perceived direct discrimination. The Supreme Court in that case (which related to sex and transgender discrimination) cited the Coffey decision on perceived disability discrimination.
Examples of jobs
Added to Examples of jobs done by people who stammer/ stutter:
- Piers Forster, professor of climate science, chair of the UK climate committee:
- It’s vital stammered voices like mine are in the media (stamma.org), April 2025
- STAMMA complains over ‘damaging’ Daily Mail article (stamma.org), April 2025 – Quentin Letts comments about Professor Forster’s stammer.
- Previous updates Website updates January to February 2025.
