But almost a quarter (23pc) of firms surveyed by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) say there has been “no progress or change” on diversity since new pay gap legislation came into force in 2021.“Companies have done things like improve their maternity benefit,” said CIPD director Mary Connaughton. “We heard examples of recognising a period that a person has been on maternity leave for bonus. They are doing things like putting pension contributions in place for women on maternity leave.”Of those companies that made changes, just over a...