With critical regulatory deadlines looming in Europe and U.S. policy shifts sowing widespread confusion, European employers face new challenges in managing key workplace issues—from artificial intelligence (AI) usage and...more
11/20/2025
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(November 19, 2025) – With critical regulatory deadlines looming in Europe and U.S. policy shifts sowing widespread confusion, European employers face new challenges in managing key workplace issues—from artificial...more
11/19/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Policies ,
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Pay Transparency ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Remote Working ,
Trump Administration
For this International Equal Pay Day, we look at where we are now with the gender pay gap and explore future EU and UK developments aimed at closing gender pay gaps....more
The EU directive on pay transparency raises many concerns, primarily because its implementation may complicate Polish laws, which so far have not regulated the issue of pay equality in the same way that gender pay has long...more
The concept of “work of equal value” is, at its simplest, a comparison between jobs that might seem very different but when distilled down, are actually of equal value to the employer. “Value” is a concept that has been...more
10/17/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
With the deadline for gender pay gap reporting in the UK having just passed in early April, we explore some of the broader pay gap reporting, pay equity and pay transparency developments, and predict how these wider external...more
5/1/2024
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Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Sex Discrimination ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
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After years of disruptions from the pandemic, artificial intelligence, shifting regulations and changing employee preferences, are European workplaces finally reaching a consensus on the “new normal”?
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This year’s Women’s World Cup, which kicked off on July 20, 2023, has been drawing record viewers both in person and on television. As viewers watch these teams compete, many wonder whether these athletes receive pay equal to...more
A new EU Directive on pay transparency came into force earlier this month. Member States have until June 7, 2026 to introduce new legislation to give effect to the Directive. European employers should take note as the...more
6/30/2023
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Equal Pay ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Ireland ,
Labor Reform ,
Pay Transparency ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour