Equal Pay For Equal Work: Approval Of The Pay Transparency Directive

Following initial negotiations at EU level on the Pay Transparency Directive last year, the European Parliament has now voted in favour of adopting the legislative proposal. The directive seeks to provide more transparency in pay across the EU to uncover unjustified gender-based pay differences for equal work of equal value and help victims of pay discrimination to seek redress.

Pay transparency measures

1. Job advertisements: Employers will be required to include the remuneration or the expected pay range for the role in its job advertisements.
2. Pay history: Employers will no longer be permitted to ask employees about their pay history, including their existing salary.
3. Right to information: Employees will have the right to request information from their employer on their individual pay level and on the average pay levels, broken down by sex, for categories of workers doing the same work or work of equal value. This right will exist for all employees,