UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

What percentage of UK organisations have ethnicity and disability pay gap readiness in place?

Source lumi HRBase 228 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

58.3%in place

58.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community have ethnicity and disability pay gap readiness in place; a further 0% have it partly in place (base: 228 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

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

How the base splits

In place 58.3% Partly in place 0% Not in place 41.7%
Share of the 228 organisations assessed, 2026 H1. Organisations answering not applicable or don’t know are excluded from the base.

What organisations answered

Ethnicity and disability pay gap readiness: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Not started41.7%
Reviewing data readiness31.6%
Analysing gaps20.2%
Reporting-ready6.6%

Definition

Readiness for ethnicity and disability pay-gap reporting at 250+ employees. The Equality (Race and Disability) Bill is in draft and has no commencement date. 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/ethnicity-and-disability-pay-gap-readiness
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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