# EHRC urges ban on salary history questions and wage disclosure requirement

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bosses-should-be-banned-from-asking-job-applicants-about-their-salary-history-and-be-forced-to-reveal-their-current-wages-equality-watchdog-says/
- Published: 2026-10-27T11:20:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T11:32:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16241849/Bosses-banned-job-applicants-salary-history.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Business, Companies, UK, World

## Key points

- EHRC wants salary-history questions banned in recruitment.
- It says employers should disclose current staff pay.
- More than 10,000 equal pay claims reach tribunals yearly.

## Summary

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has urged the Government to ban employers from asking job applicants about their previous pay or salary expectations. It says such questions can carry existing pay inequalities into new jobs, while requiring employers to disclose current staff wages could help candidates assess offers.

The Government is consulting on reforms that include publishing salary information in job adverts, or providing it before interviews when no advert is used. The EHRC also wants a legally enforceable pay questionnaire and says it should run a proposed equal pay enforcement unit, with extra funding. Research cited by the commission found 58 per cent of women and 54 per cent of men felt salary-history questions had led to lower offers; more than 10,000 equal pay claims reach employment tribunals each year on average.

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