EU Pay Transparency Directive tracker

🇦🇹 Austria In preparation Directive (EU) 2023/970 Article 24 public-procurement consequences implemented through Vergaberechtsgesetz 2026; core employment-law transposition pending Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇧🇪 Belgium Partly in force Regional public-sector measures, including the Flemish Decree on pay transparency and the French Community decree of 16 May 2024; federal implementation remains incomplete Pay info requests In force Response deadline 2 months 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Published draft Draft amendments to the Protection against Discrimination Act implementing Directive (EU) 2023/970 Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇭🇷 Croatia In preparation No published Directive-specific draft validated; Labour Act amendments remain in official preparation Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇨🇾 Cyprus Published draft Draft Law strengthening equal pay through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇨🇿 Czechia Partly in force Act No. 120/2025 Coll. pay-secrecy amendment in force; broader MPSV pay-transparency proposal pending Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇩🇰 Denmark Published draft Bill amending the Equal Pay Act to implement Directive (EU) 2023/970 Pay info requests 1 Jan 2027 (proposed) Response deadline 2 months 🇪🇪 Estonia Partly in force Limited recruitment, salary-history, pay-discussion and equal-pay amendments in force from 13 July 2026; full transposition paused and remaining requirements not in legislative procedure Pay info requests Not transposed Response deadline Pending 🇫🇮 Finland Published draft Government Proposal HE 129/2026 vp, amendments to the Act on Equality between Women and Men and related Acts Pay info requests 1 Jan 2027 (proposed) Response deadline 2 months 🇫🇷 France In preparation Advanced official preparation for a transposition bill; an unpublished avant-projet was reported in the Assemblée nationale as circulated to social partners on 6 March... Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇩🇪 Germany In preparation Official preparation for a transposition bill; no published government draft or Referentenentwurf identified Pay info requests In preparation Response deadline Pending 🇬🇷 Greece Adopted Law 5316/2026, strengthening equal pay through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms Pay info requests 1 Nov 2026 Response deadline 2 months 🇭🇺 Hungary No public measure Existing Labour Code equal-treatment and equal-pay provisions; no Directive-specific public measure identified Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇮🇪 Ireland Pre-existing regime Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 and regulations, including S.I. No. 212/2025; General Scheme of Equality Acts amendments for recruitment transparency Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇮🇹 Italy In force Decreto Legislativo 7 maggio 2026, n. 96 Pay info requests In force Response deadline 2 months 🇱🇻 Latvia Published draft Draft Pay Transparency Law implementing Directive (EU) 2023/970 Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇱🇹 Lithuania In force Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodekso 23, 26, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 51, 52, 65, 71, 79, 131, 140, 147, 148, 197, 217, 219, 226... Pay info requests In force Response deadline 2 months 🇱🇺 Luxembourg No public measure No national transposition bill identified; the Chamber Labour Committee considered a déi Lénk request dated 11 May 2026 at its 24 June 2026 meeting Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇲🇹 Malta In force Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations, 2026, together with the earlier Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 Pay info requests In force Response deadline 8 days 🇳🇱 Netherlands Published draft Bill implementing Directive (EU) 2023/970 on pay transparency; implementing regulation under consultation Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇵🇱 Poland Partly in force Act of 4 June 2025 amending the Labour Code for recruitment transparency; broader UC127 equal-pay bill pending Pay info requests Partly in force Response deadline Pending 🇵🇹 Portugal Published draft Official draft proposal partially transposing Directive (EU) 2023/970; would amend Law No. 60/2018 and the Labour Procedure Code Pay info requests Proposed Response deadline 2 months 🇷🇴 Romania Published draft Legislative proposal on pay transparency and equal remuneration Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇸🇰 Slovakia In force Zákon č. 76/2026 Z. z. o rovnakom odmeňovaní mužov a žien za rovnakú prácu alebo za prácu rovnakej hodnoty a o zmene a doplnení... Pay info requests In force Response deadline 2 months 🇸🇮 Slovenia No public measure Existing Employment Relationships Act equal-pay rule; PAY DAY implementation-support project; no Directive-specific public draft identified Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending 🇪🇸 Spain Published draft Draft Royal Decree amending Royal Decree 902/2020 to partially transpose Directive (EU) 2023/970; Royal Decrees 901/2020 and 902/2020 remain in force Pay info requests Proposed Response deadline 2 months 🇸🇪 Sweden Paused January 2026 Lagrådsremiss paused; government currently does not intend to submit a bill and is seeking postponement and EU renegotiation Pay info requests Pending Response deadline Pending