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UK Watchdog Calls for Pay Transparency and Salary History Bans

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has recommended that UK workers be given the legal right to know colleagues' pay to help prevent discrimination. The watchdog also proposed banning employers from asking job applicants about their salary history to further address pay disparities.

Referenced News Coverage (4 sources)

Give UK workers right to know colleagues’ pay to prevent disparities, says watchdog (The Guardian)
You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why (BBC News)
Want to know what your colleagues earn? You may one day have a right to find out (The Independent UK)
Bosses should be banned from asking job applicants about their salary history and be forced to reveal current wages, equality watchdog says (Daily Mail)