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EXCLUSIVE GUIDE

EU PAY TRANSPARENCY DIRECTIVE

The EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) became mandatory on 7 June 2026 and the fines for getting it wrong have no upper limit. Get your free guide to find out where your company stands, before a candidate, a worker or a labour inspectorate finds out first.

 

WHAT'S INSIDE

THE GUIDE

  • A TL;DR
  • One pages about each of the 5 pillars
  • A timeline of the important dates
  • A map illustrating where the EU stands today
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ONLY 5 OF 27 EU COUNTRIES ARE READY

The core rules, like no salary history questions or a pay range before the first interview, already apply, even in countries still finalising their national law.

Size doesn't decide whether the Directive applies to you, it only decides which parts and when.

ASSET1

5 of 27

Member States fully
transposed so far

ASSET2

60 days

to answer a worker who asks what they're paid vs. their peers

THE 5 PILLARS

pillar1
Pay transparency before hiring
0 salary history questions allowed, ever
pillar2
The right to information
60 days to answer a worker's pay request
pillar3
Pay-setting and progression criteria
<50 employees have some exemptions
pillar4
Gender pay gap reporting
H2 2027 first reports due for 150+ employee companies
pillar5
Joint pay assessment
5% unexplained gap in one category is all it takes to trigger it
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