IMPACT has made two submissions to the Department of Justice and Equality’s consultation process on measures to close the gender pay gap. The consultation period concluded on Wednesday (4th October).

In its submissions, IMPACT has suggested the development of a nationally recognised badge of achievement for companies and organisations that make genuine efforts towards narrowing their internal pay gaps.

In a separate submission focussed specifically on the union’s education division, IMPACT has demanded improvement in the pay and conditions of the non-teaching staff represented by the union in education professions.

The union has also called for continued cross-party support for the Labour Party’s Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2017, and for gender pay gap reporting to be introduced in the public sector as an immediate first step.

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The IMPACT submission is available here and IMPACT’s submission on behalf of its Education division is available here.