Sign upOverviewThe guidance aims to provide a consistent approach to ethnicity pay reporting to support businesses in taking meaningful action while avoiding unnecessary burdens.  certain ethnic groups are more likely to be recruited into lower paid rolesemployees of a certain ethnic group get ‘stuck’ at certain levelsemployees of a certain ethnic group are more likely to work in a location that impacts the pay gap the turnover rate of employees of a certain ethnic group impacts the pay gap; andstarting salaries and bonuses differ by ethnicityAfter determining the above, employers should investigate whether the results are because of internal factors (such as the company practices) or external factors which are out of the company’s control (though there will likely be mitigating actions that the company could take in relation to these).  positive action guidance provides further direction for employers wishing to engage in hiring practices which target potential employees from certain ethnicities