Guidance

Creating an action plan: guidance for employers

Guidance for employers on creating an action plan to reduce your gender pay gap and support employees experiencing menopause.

From:
Office for Equality and Opportunity and Seema Malhotra MP
Published
4 March 2026

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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From April 2026, employers with 250 or more employees will have the option to produce and publish a voluntary action plan alongside their gender pay gap data. These will become mandatory from spring 2027, subject to secondary legislation.

Action plans will show the steps you are taking to:

  • reduce your organisation’s gender pay gap
  • support employees experiencing menopause

You will also be able to highlight work your organisation is already doing to improve workplace gender equality.

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Published 4 March 2026

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