What do pay surveys and pay transparency require?
The employer surveys pay differences between women and men every year. The pay transparency directive adds transparency before employment and a right to information on average pay for the same work.
What the source says
- Chapter 3 section 8 of the Discrimination Act: annual survey of pay differences.
- Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2023/970: applicants shall receive the initial pay or pay range.
- Article 7: workers have a right to information on average pay for the same work.
Source rows
- Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567)SFS 2008:567 · Equality Ombudsman · Read 2026-08-20 · Content hash 9e98402edd6b8390Official source
- Directive (EU) 2023/970 to strengthen the application of equal payCELEX 32023L0970 · European Commission, implemented nationally · Read 2026-08-20 · Content hash 9ca0b1153bde7a90Official source
For the employer · How the employer puts the question
The survey must be documented and auditable, and the pay-setting criteria must be gender neutral.
For the employee · How the employee puts the question
The right to pay information covers the same work or work of equal value, not the pay of named colleagues.
Next step
Read the survey duty against the directive's reporting duty, that is where implementation differs.
The rows reproduce what the source says. They are not legal advice, and applying them to a specific case is the reader's or their counsel's decision.
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