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ARTICLE · 10 JUNE 2026

Pay Transparency Has Arrived In Malta: Are You Ready? Set. Go!

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Malta has transposed the EU Pay Transparency Directive through new regulations that fundamentally change how employers must approach remuneration and workplace transparency. Organizations can no longer rely...

MaltaEmployment and HR
Iana Said
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For years, many organisations have relied on unwritten practices when determining pay. Managers knew why one employee earned more than another; HR understood the rationale; and employees complied. The reasoning existed, but often only in people’s heads.

That approach is no longer enough.

On 5 June 2026, Malta transposed Directive (EU) 2023/970, commonly referred to as the EU Pay Transparency Directive, through Legal Notice 173 of 2026, introducing the Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations, 2026.

This is not simply another employment law compliance exercise. It represents a fundamental shift in how employers must approach remuneration, recruitment and workplace transparency.

The objective is straightforward: to strengthen the principle of equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and to provide employees with greater visibility into how pay decisions are made.

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