Pay Transparency enforcement timeline
Every key Pay Transparency date — entry into force, transposition deadlines, phased provisions, and compliance milestones. 2 milestones tracked, sourced directly from EUR-Lex.
When does Pay Transparency take effect?
Pay Transparency (Directive (EU) 2023/970) has 2 key enforcement milestones. 0 milestones have already passed; 2 milestones are upcoming. The next key date is 7 June 2026: Pay Transparency Directive national transposition deadline.
Next milestone: 7 June 2026 — 26 days away
Source: Directive (EU) 2023/970 via EuroComply EU Regulation Deadlines dataset
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Pay Transparency — complete milestone timeline
Directive (EU) 2023/970 · Official text
Pay Transparency Directive national transposition deadline
Member States must adopt and publish transposition measures by 7 June 2026. The Directive requires employers to provide pay information before employment, prohibits pay secrecy clauses, mandates pay gap reporting for employers with ≥100 workers, and obliges joint pay assessments where unexplained gender pay gaps exceed 5%.
Applies to: Member States (transposition); employers — pay information obligations apply to all sizes; reporting obligations phased by employer size (≥250 from 2027, ≥150 from 2031, ≥100 from 2031)
Penalty: Member State penalties must be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive
First pay gap report due — employers with ≥250 employees
Employers with 250 or more employees must submit their first annual gender pay gap report under the Directive by June 2027, covering data from the preceding calendar year. Reports must be submitted to designated national authorities and published publicly.
Applies to: employers with ≥250 employees operating in transposed Member States
Penalty: Member State penalties including compensation orders and fines
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