Employment · European Union
What must employers disclose about pay under the new EU rules?
Pay Transparency Directive
Affected business
Employer
All employers for pay information to applicants and workers; gender pay gap reporting for employers with 100 or more workers.
Decision
Yes, pay ranges must be given to applicants and workers have a right to pay information.
Obligation
Give initial pay or its range before interview, answer worker information requests and report the gender pay gap where the size threshold applies.
Risk
not_in_register
Action
- Set objective, gender-neutral pay criteria
- Include pay ranges in recruitment
- Answer information requests
- Prepare the pay gap report
Deadline
Transposition by 7 June 2026; first pay gap reports by 7 June 2027 for 150 or more workers and by 7 June 2031 for 100 to 149 workers.
Verification
- Directive (EU) 2023/970, Art. 5
- Directive (EU) 2023/970, Art. 7
- Directive (EU) 2023/970, Art. 9
- Directive (EU) 2023/970, Art. 34
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