Channel recruitment pros have welcomed government plans to force employers to publish salaries on job adverts, while questioning the knock-on effect it could have on internal conflict and overall wage bills.
The Prime Minister on Thursday announced plans to legally require employers to publish salaries in job adverts.
According to the government, it is estimated that 41% of employers always publish salary ranges and only 18% always publish specific salaries.
The new ‘say what you pay’ mandate will “tackle a common frustration for jobseekers”, while also helping to address pay inequalities that can disadvantage women, Andy Burnham claimed.
Recruitment pros we spoke to came out in favour of the move, while voicing reservations about how it could impact wider wage bills across the channel.
“Employers sometimes don’t like to advertise a salary because quite often they need to pay more to get new blood in,” Zoe Chatley, CEO of The Channel Recruiter told IT Channel Oxygen.
“Quite often it causes internal conflict, and will end up costing the business more because they’ll have to look at giving existing employees more money.”
“Some will have to lift internal pay,” agreed Chris Pardoe, CEO of PropRec Channel.
The government claims it will bring forward the legislation “as soon as possible”, with Burnham encouraging businesses to disclose the vital digits in job ads now ahead of the law change.
But what do recruitment pros make of the move?
See following page for snap reaction from three top channel job experts…
