EU Pay Transparency Directive tracker

🇦🇹 Austria Partly in force Austria has only implemented the EU Pay Transparency Directive's procurement rules; core employer obligations remain pending. Track progress here. Obligations start Pending Last update 10 Sep 2026 🇧🇪 Belgium Partly in force In Belgium, covered workers can request pay information and get a reply within two months. See what's in force and what's still pending nationally. Obligations start 7 Jun 2026 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Published draft Track Bulgaria's proposed EU Pay Transparency Directive rules: draft law status, employer obligations, and how to prepare before final adoption. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇭🇷 Croatia In preparation Croatia's pay transparency rules are still in official preparation. No draft law is published yet, and employer obligations remain pending. See what to track. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇨🇾 Cyprus Published draft Cyprus's pay transparency law is still a published draft. Employee pay information rights and reporting deadlines are not yet defined or in force. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇨🇿 Czechia Partly in force Czechia's pay-secrecy ban is in force since June 2025; a wider pay-transparency proposal covering pay ranges and reporting is still pending. Obligations start 1 Jun 2025 Last update 5 Sep 2026 🇩🇰 Denmark Published draft Denmark's proposed Equal Pay Act reform would let employees request their pay level and sex-based averages, with employer reporting from 2028. Obligations start 1 Jan 2027 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇪🇪 Estonia Partly in force Estonia requires employers to disclose salary ranges and bans salary-history questions from 13 July 2026, while reporting rules remain paused and undefined. Obligations start 13 Jul 2026 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇫🇮 Finland Published draft Finland's proposed law would give employees a right to request pay information, with a two-month employer response deadline under HE 129/2026 vp. Obligations start 1 Jan 2027 Last update 4 Sep 2026 🇫🇷 France In preparation France's pay transparency law is still in draft form. See what's confirmed, what's proposed, and how the existing 50+ employee Equality Index applies now. Obligations start Pending Last update 11 Sep 2026 🇩🇪 Germany In preparation Employees in Germany already have a right to pay information under existing law, while EU Directive transposition remains in official preparation. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇬🇷 Greece Adopted From 1 Nov 2026, employees in Greece can request their pay level and average pay by sex. See what Law 5316/2026 means for your reporting and hiring timeline. Obligations start 1 Nov 2026 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇭🇺 Hungary No public measure Hungary has no Directive-specific measure yet. Employee pay information rights and salary range rules remain undefined; the Labour Code baseline still applies. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇮🇪 Ireland Published draft Ireland runs gender pay gap reporting for employers over 50 staff today, while recruitment transparency rules remain a proposed, not yet binding, draft. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇮🇹 Italy In force In Italy, employees can request average pay levels by sex for equal-value roles, with a two-month written reply. Here's what employers need to know now. Obligations start 7 Jun 2026 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇱🇻 Latvia Published draft Latvia's pay transparency law is still a draft; employee pay information rights aren't yet defined. Track Cabinet and Saeima stages to prepare early. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇱🇹 Lithuania In force Employees in Lithuania can already request their own and average pay by sex for their job category, with a two-month employer response deadline. Obligations start 7 Jun 2026 Last update 4 Sep 2026 🇱🇺 Luxembourg In preparation Luxembourg has no public bill transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive yet. See what's confirmed, what's pending, and how to prepare. Obligations start Pending Last update 22 Aug 2026 🇲🇹 Malta In force Employees in Malta can request individual and average pay data; employers must respond within 8 days. See what Malta's in-force rules mean for you. Obligations start 5 Jun 2026 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇳🇱 Netherlands Published draft Track the Netherlands' proposed EU Pay Transparency Directive rules: reporting thresholds, timelines and what HR teams should watch before the bill becomes law. Obligations start 1 Jan 2027 Last update 7 Sep 2026 🇵🇱 Poland Partly in force Poland's pay information right is still proposed, but recruitment pay transparency rules are already in force. Check what applies now and what's next. Obligations start 24 Dec 2025 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇵🇹 Portugal Published draft Employees in Portugal could gain the right to see their own pay and average pay by sex, once a draft law amending Law 60/2018 is adopted by parliament. Obligations start Pending Last update 19 Aug 2026 🇷🇴 Romania Published draft Romania's pay transparency law is still a draft in Senate committee, with a 5% pay gap trigger proposed. See what HR teams should track and prepare now. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇸🇰 Slovakia In force In Slovakia, employees can request their pay level and sex-disaggregated pay averages; employers must respond within 2 months under the in-force law. Obligations start 7 Jun 2026 Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇸🇮 Slovenia No public measure Slovenia has no Directive-specific transposition measure yet. See what the existing ZDR-1 equal-pay baseline requires and what remains undefined. Obligations start Pending Last update 17 Aug 2026 🇪🇸 Spain Published draft Spain's draft law would give employees a right to pay information within two months, on top of existing pay-register rules. Here's what to prepare. Obligations start Pending Last update 29 Aug 2026 🇸🇪 Sweden Paused Sweden's Pay Transparency Directive implementation is paused pending EU renegotiation. Learn what employers must still track and prepare for now. Obligations start Postponed Last update 17 Aug 2026