Pay transparency Directive
The Pay transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970) aims at increasing pay transparency and strengthen enforcement of the principle of equal pay between women and men.
In practice, this means employers will have to:
- carry out a pay assessment if pay reports reveal a gender pay gap of at least 5% that cannot be justified
- inform job seekers about the starting salary or pay range in the vacancy notice or ahead of the interview, and no longer be allowed to ask them about their pay history
- provide employees, on request, with information on their individual pay level and the average pay levels, broken down by sex, for categories of workers doing the same work or work of equal value
- publish information on the pay gap between female and male workers (employers with at least 100 employees)
