Webinar "The EU Pay Transparancy Directive" Are you compliant Yet?
Brought to you by the GBL Alliance Employment Law Practice Group and Mercer
Time & Location
Oct 12, 2026, 2:00 PM
Zoom webinar
About the event
The deadline has passed. Is your organisation ready?
As of 7 June 2026, EU member states were required to transpose the new Pay Transparency Directive into national law. This directive introduces far reaching obligations for every employer in Europe, and the consequences of non-compliance are significant. Not all Member States were ready on day one, however. What does that mean for employers, and what are the best practices for managing the different national timelines?
What exactly will change?
In recruitment, employers are required to disclose the salary or salary range in job postings or before the first interview. Asking candidates about their previous pay history is prohibited.
For employees, a new right emerges. They are entitled to request information about their own pay level and the average pay of colleagues in comparable roles, broken down by gender.
Reporting obligations apply to organisations with 100 or more employees, with the first…
