Poland: government unveils plans to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive

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On 12 December, the Polish government published a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into its labour code. While the minimum threshold of 100 employees retained in the EU legislation unchanged, the obligation to make the criteria used to determine remuneration and increases available to employees applies to all companies with more than 50 employees. Poland’s central statistical office will also provide employers with a tool to carry out the mandatory analysis of gender pa

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