Preparing Employees And Stakeholders For Greater Transparency On Pay

Employers will need to be confident that their pay and benefits are ready for greater transparency the challenge for many organisations will be the cultural shift on how they talk about pay.

The EU is using greater pay transparency and enforcement rights to ensure employers are delivering equal pay. It is part of a five-year focus within the EU on equality in the workplace.

In short, the Pay Transparency Directive gives employees extensive new rights to information about their own pay and the pay of male and female peers. You can read more about the Directive and the practical implications here.

Employers will need to be confident that their pay and benefits are ready for greater transparency; the challenge for many organisations will be the cultural shift on how they talk about pay. However, one of the greatest challenges for most to many organisations will be the cultural shift on how they talk about pay. Organisations need to be preparing to: