Exclusif Réglementaire Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses Comp and Ben @en While the U.K. has given companies with at least 250 staff an extra six months to publish their gender pay gap data (c.f. article No. 12377), only one out of four met the initial 04 April deadline. HR experts are worried about this lack of momentum and especially since the situation for females at work has deteriorated alongside the Covid-19 crisis.
EU: MEPs want to tackle the gender pay gap European legislation In 2023, women in the EU still earned on average 12% less per hour than men. In a report presented to the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee on 29 September,…
France: La Poste broadens equality agreement to include LGBT+ people National industrial relations French postal group La Poste, which employs 200,000 people in France, has signed a new professional equality agreement with four trade unions. Covering 2025–2027, it expands efforts to tackle discrimination and introduces new measures on women’s health as well as LGBT+ inclusion in parental support schemes.
Réglementaire France: professional equality index set for complete overhaul National legislation Speaking in France’s National Assembly on 14 May, labour minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet set out plans for how the European directive on pay transparency will be transposed into domestic legislation.…
Réglementaire Netherlands: government launches transposition of pay transparency directive National legislation On 26 March, the Dutch government presented a bill transposing, among other things, the European directive on pay transparency.…
France: gender equality index in companies remains high but is under threat Comp and Ben @en The French labour ministry has published the seventh annual professional equality index, which has been weakened by its complexity and the upcoming entry into force of the European directive on pay transparency. In 2024, the companies concerned scored 88.4 out of 100 despite a 14% pay gap between all women and men in full-time employment.
Confidentiel [mind RH news] Veolia strikes European agreement on diversity and inclusion Transnational industrial relations Veolia, the French multinational providing water, energy and waste recycling management services, is to sign a European framework agreement on diversity and inclusion with the European Federation of Public Service Unions. It will create a right to paid leave in cases of domestic violence and commits the group to LGBTQ+ rights. The agreement comes as Veolia adjusts to the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and comes at a time when large international companies are renouncing their policies in these areas under pressure from the Trump administration.
Réglementaire Technologies How industrial group Lacroix is harnessing a digital solution to pre-empt pay transparency requirements Comp and Ben @en The European directive on pay transparency – to be transposed by 2026 at the latest – will generate administrative constraints for companies. That said, it can also become a strategic tool in the fight against pay inequalities, which can boost employee retention. This is the gamble taken by industrial group Lacroix, which has been using the Figures digital solution since 2023.
Réglementaire EU: Sweden first to launch transposition of pay transparency directive European legislation On 29 May, the Swedish government published a report on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive, which must be transposed by EU member states by 7 June 2026.…
Réglementaire [mind RH study] EU: why the pay transparency directive may not be enough to close the pay gap European legislation By 2026, all European Union countries will have to transpose the directive on pay transparency. While all countries have a legal requirement for equal pay, the gap between the wages paid to men and women remains significant. mind RH has compiled a comparative overview of measures to combat inequality, beyond what is the result of the unequal access to the highest-paying sectors and professions. While the European Commission is optimistic about the directive's impact, national experiences of pay transparency show that applying this alone it is not enough to close the gap.
