The road to Pay Transparency
What do you need?
Goodies
Are you kicking off a pay transparency initiative? On this page I share free downloads that help you prepare:
- The official text of the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Download all other languages here.
- Infographic showing the highlights and deadlines of the EU directive.
- Checklist: what do you have in place (to reuse) and what is still missing?
- A roadmap with a high level overview of your project.
- An excerpt from my book “Equal Pay for Equal Work”
Want more help?
Read my book “Equal Pay for Equal work”. The book contains a detailed description of the project and helps you lead a successful pay transparency implementation. I explain what you need to do to adhere to the European Directive step by step. You’ll also read about the experiences and lessons learned of companies that already implemented pay transparency.
Blog
A Farewell to Pay Transparency
When I started writing about the EU Pay Transparency Directive back in 2023, most HR and compensation leaders had not yet heard of it. Which…
10 Days to Go. No National Law. Now What?
In exactly 10 days, it’s June 8, 2026. The EU Pay Transparency Directive is in force. An employee walks into your office and asks for…
The One Thing I’d Change About the Pay Transparency Directive
There’s a lot to like about the EU Pay Transparency Directive. I genuinely believe it will move the needle on something the market has failed…
What do employees think about Pay Transparency?
I often talk with employees about pay transparency. And I track conversations on this topic at various forums. Out of curiosity, but also because we…
The public sector’s Pay Transparency advantage
I was doing some research for an infographic (more on that in a future newsletter) and I came across some interesting data about gender pay…
EU Pay Transparency Obligations for Small Companies
I often hear smaller companies say that the EU Pay Transparency Directive doesn’t apply to them. So, in this article we’ll discuss if that is…
No EU country will meet the June 2026 Pay Transparency deadline.
Today is not a good day to be a woman waiting for equal pay in Europe. Three years ago, the EU passed the Pay Transparency…
An Open Letter to Parliamentarians in Europe: 96 Days and Counting
96 days. That’s all that separates employers across the EU from the legal deadline of the Pay Transparency Directive. And this law was signed nearly…
Why the Unadjusted Pay Gap Really Matters!
I hear it a little too often: “The unadjusted pay gap is meaningless because it doesn’t account for job roles, experience, or any legitimate factors….
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