26.4%in place
26.4% of organisations in the lumi HR community have published equality action plan coverage in place (base: 265 UK organisations, 2026 H1).
Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.
How UK organisations answered
| Answer | Share of organisations |
|---|---|
| Gender | 24.9% |
| Ethnicity | 8.3% |
| Disability | 6.8% |
| Menopause | 17.7% |
| None | 73.6% |
Definition
Whether a published equality action plan exists and which areas it addresses: gender, ethnicity, disability or menopause. Menopause is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Read more
- Pay gap reporting and action plans: UK benchmark 2026: the research paper this question is analysed in, with the full distribution, the legal context and what it means for reward decisions.
- Governance & transparency: research, guides and metrics: everything lumi publishes in this area.
Cite this figure
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/published-equality-action-plan-coverageLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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