Guides

Short guides with the text of the articles they discuss, in the official language versions.

• EU Pay Transparency Directive deadlines

  Transposition by 7 June 2026, first gender pay gap reports in 2027 and 2031 by employer size, and the duties that apply to every employer, with the directive's text.

• Article 7: the right to pay information

  What workers can ask for under art. 7 of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, the two-month reply deadline, small groups and Italy's once-a-year rule, with the article text.

• Joint pay assessment (article 10)

  When a gap of at least 5 % in a category of workers triggers a joint pay assessment under art. 10 of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, what it contains and the six-month window.

• Work of equal value (article 4)

  How the EU Pay Transparency Directive defines work of equal value and categories of workers: skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions, and Italy's collective-agreement rule.