The Manufacturer reports that the Prime Minister has set out plans for a new law requiring employers to publish salary ranges in job adverts, so that candidates no longer apply without knowing what a role pays. The publication questions whether this becomes, in its words, ‘another compliance headache’ for manufacturers already juggling a growing list of regulatory demands.
, EAC Network Solutions: For firms of this size, recruitment often runs through a mix of spreadsheets, email threads and whichever system HR happens to be using that month. A new requirement to publish salary bands, and to be able to show what was advertised and when, is the sort of thing that is easy to get right on the day and much harder to prove six months later if a candidate or a regulator asks. Firms in this bracket should look at whether their recruitment and HR records, wherever they live, give a clear and retrievable trail, rather than leaving the answer dependent on somebody’s inbox. Setting the policy is the easy part. Being able to evidence it afterwards is usually where things fall down.
Source: The Manufacturer
