UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

Are reward changes subject to an equality impact assessment before implementation?

Source lumi HRBase 264 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

65.5%No

65.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on equality impact assessment on reward changes (base: 264 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Always 17% Major changes only 17.4% No 65.5%
Equality impact assessment on reward changes (base: 264 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Equality impact assessment on reward changes: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Alwaysrare17%
Major changes onlyrare17.4%
Nocommon65.5%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether reward changes undergo an equality impact assessment before launch, always, only for major changes, or never. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/equality-impact-assessment-on-reward-changes
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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