Podcasts · Morning Report

UK watchdog wants ban on asking job applicants' past pay

· 4:18

Episode UK watchdog wants ban on asking job applicants' past pay

0:00 4:18

Britain's equality watchdog wants bosses banned from asking job applicants how much they earned in previous jobs. The Equality and Human Rights Commission says asking an applicant's pay expectations allows for inequalities to follow workers from job to job. The Commission also wants employers forced to reveal the salaries of others. To get a New Zealand perspective on this, Sylvie Thrush Marsh from MyHR spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The episode on the publisher’s site (opens in a new tab)

Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.