Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:34 pm on 1 February 2017.
Enforcing equal pay rights is made extremely difficult, if not impossible, by the lack of transparency regarding pay by employers. A worker can’t make a claim regarding equal pay unless they know what everyone else is being paid and have a comparator. Admittedly, the Welsh Government have no control over what private sector employers do. However, Welsh Government does have control over what happens in the public sector in Wales. Does the Cabinet Secretary agree with me that pay data at all levels should be made available to public sector workers to facilitate the enforcement of their equal pay rights?