# EU Pay Transparency Directive

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**Provider:** Skillcast
**Jurisdiction:** EU
**Library:** European Union Compliance
**Duration:** 45 minutes
**Format:** In-depth
**Experience level:** For All Staff
**Last updated:** 2026-09-16

## Description

The EU Pay Transparency Directive introduces new requirements designed to eliminate gender-based pay discrimination and strengthen workplace transparency. This course explains the purpose of the Directive, the rights it gives employees, and the obligations it places on employers. Learners will explore how to apply objective and gender-neutral criteria to recruitment, pay decisions, career progression and performance management, as well as how to respond appropriately to employee questions, identify pay transparency risks, and support gender pay gap reporting and compliance.

## Learning Objectives

- Explain the purpose of the EU Pay Transparency Directive
- Detect and avoid gender gaps
- Apply fair and objective gender-neutral criteria when discussing job postings, pay, recruitment, promotion, and career progression
- Respond appropriately when employees ask questions about pay levels, pay ranges, or pay progression
- Recognise situations where manager decisions or comments can create pay transparency risks
- Avoid behaviours that could undermine equal pay principles or create evidence of unfair treatment
- Know when to escalate pay-related decisions or discussions
- Report gender gaps in our Company

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