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The Regulations pay reporting applies to workers, not employees. However, partners and LLP members are expressly excluded from that definition, despite LLP members being workers following the Supreme Court decision in Clyde & Co LLP v Bates van Winkelhof [2014].
With respect, Tony Williams’ points aren’t good ones. There is no justification for the exclusion. Firms are very fortunate to, for now, escape that exposure. In the top 100 firms, on average, as I recall the statistics, women comprise c.1 in 4 partners and just c.1 in 10 equity partners. So law firms gender pay gap would be amongst the worst in the economy. Firms should be prepared. There's a reasonable chance partners and LLP members remuneration will be covered in future. Just as the 250 reporting threshold will reduce, given it only covers c.40% of employees. 99% of UK businesses are SME (under 250 employees). Given the political and social focus on equalities generally, it's a guaranteed the scope of the Regulations will widen, whoever wins the next election.
NB the 4 April deadline is set by the legislation, not ACAS or the GEO.

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