UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

How do UK organisations handle right to a pay explanation?

Source lumi HRBase 265 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

63.8%No

63.8% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on right to a pay explanation (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

Formal right/process 20% Informal via manager 16.2% No 63.8%
Right to a pay explanation (base: 265 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Right to a pay explanation: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Formal right/processalternative20%
Informal via managerrare16.2%
Nocommon63.8%

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

Indicates whether employees can obtain an explanation of how their individual pay was set, through a formal or informal route. 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/right-to-a-pay-explanation
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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