Accessibility statement for the gender pay gap service

This page describes:

  • how accessible our website is
  • what to do if you have a problem
  • what we are doing to meet the regulations

This accessibility statement applies to the gender pay gap service, including all pages in the domain https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk. There is a separate accessibility statement for GOV.UK, which includes the gender pay reporting guidance for employers.

Using our service

This service is run by the Office for Equality and Opportunity (OEO). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • zoom in up to 300% without problems
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • use most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We aim to meet international accessibility guidelines, however this may not always be possible, or we may have missed a problem.

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible.

If you cannot access parts of this website

Email gpg.reporting@cabinetoffice.gov.uk if you need information in a different format, such as:

  • accessible PDF
  • large print
  • easy read
  • audio recording
  • braille

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email gpg.reporting@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

We are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the web content accessibility guidelines version 2.1 (WCAG 2.1), AA standard, due to ‘the non-compliances’ listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The following elements do not comply with accessibility regulations:

  • on some pages, content has not been semantically marked-up so that information and relationships are programmatically determinable - this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (information and relationships)
  • the search button is slightly pixelated on magnification - this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content)
  • there are links on the ‘compare employers’ page that visually look like tabs but have not been marked up in this way - this fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 2.4.3 (focus order) and 4.1.2 (name, role, value)
  • the layout and structure of some elements on the ‘employer report’ page are difficult for screen readers to understand - this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (information and relationships)
  • the status message on the search results page is not announced to users that rely on audio feedback - this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.3 (status messages)
  • most older PDF documents that are linked to from this website are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • the ‘compare employers’ page has a number of additional accessibility issues and is not fully accessible to screen reader software

We have added these non-compliance issues to our backlog of work to develop the service.

Disproportionate burden

We have not identified a part of the service where it would be a disproportionate burden to resolve the non-compliance. If this becomes the case, we will publish full details here explaining our decision.

How we tested

We did accessibility testing ourselves while we developed the service. We also had an external accessibility audit done by the Digital Accessibility Centre in November 2022. Checks for compliance were against WCAG 2.1 AA.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We have added the non-compliance issues to our backlog of work. We aim to resolve the issues as we continue to develop the service.