Wage and Hour, EU Directive, Pay Transparency

EU Pay Transparency Directive: Ireland Joins the Frontrunners

Ius Laboris on 4/7/2025

As the June 2026 deadline for the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive looms ever closer, Ireland has become the fourth EU member state to take steps towards transposing some of the requirements of the...more

UK Retail Workers Win Landmark Equal Pay Case

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/19/2024

More than 3,500 workers have won a legal fight for equal pay against major UK retailer Next Retail Ltd. Following a six-year legal battle, the Employment Tribunal ruled that Next had failed to demonstrate that the lower basic...more

Pay transparency in the EU: it’s time to prepare

Ius Laboris on 11/15/2023

15 November is European Equal Pay Day. To mark the occasion, we take a look at the EU's Pay Transparency Directive, passed earlier this year. What will it mean for businesses? And what can employers do now to prepare for...more

Pay Transparency Directive FAQs

Ius Laboris on 8/30/2023

The Pay Transparency Directive will create new gender pay gap reporting obligations throughout the EU. In this article, we answer some frequently asked questions about this new legislation....more

“Show Me the Money” – the EU Pay Transparency Directive Comes into Effect

Littler on 6/30/2023

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

Breaking the Silence: EU Directive Requires Companies to Reveal Pay Data (UPDATE)

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/19/2023

UPDATE: The EU Directive on pay transparency was adopted by the EU Parliament on March 30, 2023, and the EU Council April 24, 2023. On May 17, 2023, it was published on the EU’s Official Journal and will come into force 20...more