# Burnham proposes legally requiring employers to include pay in job adverts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/employers-will-be-forced-to-say-how-much-new-jobs-will-pay-when-they-advertise-them-andy-burnham-says/
- Published: 2026-11-06T07:30:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T07:47:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16270907/Employers-forced-say-new-jobs-pay-advertise-Andy-Burnham.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Economy, World

## Key points

- Employers would have to list pay in job adverts.
- 27 per cent never listed salaries in a 2023 survey.
- Youth unemployment concerns form part of the wider debate.

## Summary

Andy Burnham said employers will be required by law to state pay in job adverts, so applicants can judge whether a role suits them before applying. The proposal comes amid concern about young people’s access to work and a falling number of vacancies.

A 2023 CIPD survey found 41 per cent of employers always listed salaries, while 27 per cent never did. Some 13 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds were not in education, employment or training between April and June, and vacancies fell by 21,000 to 691,000 in the three months to September. Union and youth employment representatives welcomed clearer pay information; the TUC also called for adverts to state flexible working options.

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