Employment Law | Pay Progression and the EU Pay Transparency Directive

The European Union is moving towards a new era of workplace equality with its Pay Transparency Directive. This legislation aims to combat pay discrimination, improve pay progression and close the persistent gender pay gap across EU member states.

The latest data shows an overall EU gender pay gap of 12%, although there is significant variation between countries. Latvia has the highest gap at 19%, and Luxembourg has the lowest at -0.9% (showing that women outearn men).