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UK to require employers to publish salaries in new job adverts, Burnham says

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Covered by 4 outlets, mostly center (75%).

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced that employers will be required to publish salaries in job adverts for new roles, and has urged businesses to start doing so voluntarily before the law is passed. The government says the change will help jobseekers, expose unjustified pay differences and reduce discrimination. It cites a consultation in which 94% of respondents backed greater pay transparency. Campaigners say the measure will help young people and women achieve more equal pay.

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What happened

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  1. Burnham announced that employers will be required to publish salaries in job adverts.

    Reported byLeft1Center3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    United Press International, BBC News, Financial Times

  2. The government says the change will help jobseekers and could expose unjustified pay differences and reduce discrimination.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    United Press International, BBC News

  3. The government says a consultation found 94% of respondents backed greater pay transparency.

    One outletUnited Press International· Center

  4. Campaigners say the measure will help young people and women achieve more equal pay.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  5. Burnham urged businesses to include salary details voluntarily before legislation takes effect.

    One outletUnited Press International· Center

How each side tells it

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Left and center outlets all report that employers will have to publish salaries in job adverts. The left stresses compulsion and gains for young people and women, while the center stresses jobseekers, pay discrimination and the timing before the law.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The Guardian’s headlines present the measure as employers being forced and as a government ‘small fix’, with its live blog stressing workers’ empowerment.

    Employers to be forced to put salaries on job ads, Andy Burnham announces
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    Center headlines say firms are told or will have to publish pay, with UPI framing Burnham’s call for voluntary action before the law takes effect.

    Firms told to publish salaries in job adverts ahead of new law
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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    small fixMore neutral: latest policy change

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    Burnham to force employers to publish salaries on job ads in latest government ‘small fix’ – UK politics live

    Quoted byThe Guardian (Left)

    These are Andy Burnham’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • compulsion on employers
  • benefits for young people and women
  • workers’ empowerment
  • the government’s ‘small fix’
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From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • benefits for jobseekers
  • reducing pay discrimination
  • voluntary step before the law
  • ending vague ‘competitive salary’ wording
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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    10 hr 25 min later

    Its first report, Nov 6, 3:54 AM EST

  • Center

    First to report

    Financial Times, Nov 5, 5:30 PM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. Financial TimesCenterNov 5, 5:30 PM EST
  2. BBC NewsCenterNov 5, 5:32 PM EST
  3. The GuardianLeftNov 6, 3:54 AM EST
  4. United Press InternationalCenterNov 6, 8:11 AM EST

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