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Annual monitoring return

What you need to know

 

Annual Monitoring Return

Only registered employers (ie. with 11 or more full-time employees working 16 hours or more per week) are required to complete an annual monitoring return.

 

A failure to submit a return is a criminal offence, as is failure to submit one within the prescribed period.

What is an annual monitoring return form?

As a registered employer you are required to submit an annual monitoring return to the Equality Commission. This must include specific information relating to the community background and sex of employees, applicants, appointees and in some instances promotees and leavers.

 

A failure to submit a return is a criminal offence, as is a failure to submit one within the prescribed period. This carries a penalty of up to £5,000 as well as sanctions such as loss of Government grants and exclusion from public contracts.

 

Where do I get a monitoring return form?

Every year the Commission will send all registered employers a monitoring return proforma and guidance on how to complete it. This guidance will include timeframes for completion.

Alternatively, download our pdf form. It allows you to complete each section and save it as you go along. The tables also self populate as you progress through it making it easier to complete. The completed form can be printed out, signed and returned to us at the address below.
 
 

 
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