Firms told to publish salaries in job adverts ahead of new law
The government argues the change will help jobseekers and could help to prevent pay discrimination.
Businesses should publish salaries in job adverts now, the prime minister is telling firms, rather than wait for a new law to come in that will force them to do so.
The government is planning to make pay details compulsory in adverts, with legislation on the issue being brought forward "as soon as possible".
It argues the change will help jobseekers, particularly those applying for their first job, and could help prevent pay discrimination. However, one industry group said setting pay was a complex process and regulating adverts was not always suitable.
Previous research from the CIPD, external, an industry body for human resources managers, has indicated that the public sector and charities are more likely to reveal pay information that private firms, while pay ranges were more common than specific salaries.