By Sally Makreff
BLOG OVERVIEW: Earlier this year, Lithuania became one of the first EU member states to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive, enacting Labour Code amendments effective June 7, 2026 while delaying compensation-system updates...
By Zhuang Liu
BLOG OVERVIEW: Italy has officially transposed the EU Pay Transparency Directive through Legislative Decree No. 96/2026, effective June 7, 2026. Employers must now base pay and classification systems on objective, gender-neutral...
By Don Lustenberger
BLOG OVERVIEW: With the June 7, 2026 transposition deadline now passed, this Ask the Navigator question from DCI's monthly EU Pay Transparency Navigator newsletter examines how the first Member States to enact Pay Transparency...
By Murray Simpson, Ph.D.
BLOG OVERVIEW: Justifying a gender pay gap of at least 5% under the EU Pay Transparency Directive means identifying objective, gender-neutral factors that explain the gap and confirming that it falls below the 5% threshold...
By Ben Kerner and Yesenia Salguero
BLOG OVERVIEW: On May 22, 2026, the European Commission reaffirmed that the EU Pay Transparency Directive will proceed on its original timeline, declining member state requests to delay or renegotiate ahead of the...
By Murray Simpson and Brittany Dian-Hansell
BLOG OVERVIEW: The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970) required all 27 member states to transpose it into national law by June 7, 2026, but only four met the deadline. EU Member States...
By Don Lustenberger
BLOG OVERVIEW: Malta has transposed the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) through the Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations, 2026 (L.N. 173 of 2026), becoming one of only four Member States alongside Italy,...
By Loi Tan
BLOG OVERVIEW: Bulgaria has published a draft law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970), implemented through amendments to the Protection Against Discrimination Act (PADA) and Labour Code. The proposal introduces...
By Brittany Dian-Hansell
BLOG OVERVIEW: On April 15, 2026, Slovakia became the first EU Member State to fully transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970), adopting the Equal Pay Act with an entry-into-force date of June 7, 2026, the exact...
By Tyler Wurtz
BLOG OVERVIEW: Directive (EU) 2023/970 requires EU employers to report on gender pay gaps using prior-year payroll data, but the Directive's broad definition of "pay", covering bonuses, allowances, benefits in kind, and other variable...
BLOG OVERVIEW: On March 30, 2026, Romania published a draft law to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive, with provisions that largely mirror the Directive while imposing tighter procedural requirements. Key obligations include...
By Benjamin Kerner
BLOG OVERVIEW: Latvia published standalone draft legislation on March 26, 2026, to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive ahead of the June 7, 2026, deadline. The draft is stricter than or diverges from the Directive's...
