On March 30, the European Parliament adopted a directive on pay transparency. It still has to go through a further legislative path before it enters into force.

The directive's provisions are aimed at enforcing gender pay equality (including the rights of non-binary people) in member states and preventing a wage gap.

The directive will impose new obligations on employers, such as the requirement to report the wage gap. Employees will have greater access to salary information, and salary information will have to be provided already at the recruitment stage.

Find more in the PRO HR April 2023