Law planned: Brits should know in the future: How much money does the job bring?

In Great Britain, it will soon be clear before every application is made how high the salary is for a position.

In Great Britain, employers will in future be obliged to state salaries in job advertisements, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced. (Archive image) Photo: Darren Staples/Pool AFP/AP/dpa

London. Employers in Great Britain will in future be required to state the salary for a job when advertising a job. The government of Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a corresponding law. It is intended to create more transparency, especially for young people and those returning to work, and prevent disadvantages for women.

The law should come as soon as possible, an exact date was not given. In the future, the government wants to prevent young professionals from putting a lot of effort into applications without knowing whether the salary meets expectations or covers the cost of living.

Only just under a fifth of companies provide exact remuneration

But breaking down barriers is only part of it, Burnham said. “It is also necessary for companies to open more doors and give young people the experience and confidence to take that first step into the world of work,” added the head of the Labor-led government.

Citing a study, the government said that only 18 percent of companies had so far mentioned the specific salary in advertisements. 41 percent would give at least a range.

Non-transparent salary information has disadvantaged women for too long and made it more difficult for them to defend themselves against unfair and unequal pay, said managing director Penny East of the Fawcett Society in the government statement. The Fawcett Society says it has been campaigning for women and gender equality in Great Britain for more than 150 years.

A million young people without training or jobs

Between April and June this year, 13 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK were out of work, training or taking other education, according to official figures. Between January and March the number reached one million for the first time since 2013. The number of job vacancies across the labor market fell by an estimated 21,000 to 691,000 between July and September, according to the National Statistics Office.

There are currently protests in many European countries in which young people in particular are demanding better future opportunities for themselves.