Pay transparency, explained

Plain-English guides for HR, finance and payroll teams preparing for the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Start with the employer guide.

• Guide6 October 20265 min read

  The EU Pay Transparency Directive: a plain-English guide for employers

  The directive in one page: who it covers, the six obligations that matter, and a practical order in which to tackle them.

• Compliance6 October 20263 min read

  Pay transparency directive deadlines: what is due in 2026, 2027 and 2031

  Transposition, first reports and what your headcount means for your calendar, in one timeline you can hand to your CFO.

• How-to6 October 20263 min read

  How to calculate the gender pay gap: mean and median, step by step

  The formula, a four-person worked example and the data decisions that change your result: hourly pay, part-timers and variable pay.

• Compliance6 October 20263 min read

  The 5% rule: when a pay gap triggers a joint pay assessment

  The single most consequential number in the directive: what the 5% threshold measures, what happens after you cross it and how to prepare.

• How-to6 October 20263 min read

  Pay quartiles explained: how to build the four pay bands

  Quartiles show who sits where in your pay distribution. A worked eight-person example and the pitfalls with ties and small teams.

• How-to6 October 20263 min read

  The bonus and variable pay gap: what to include and how to calculate it

  Bonuses often widen the gap. Which components count, recipients-only versus all-workers calculations, and a worked example.

• Compliance6 October 20263 min read

  Work of equal value: how to define job categories for pay transparency

  The step most employers underestimate. How to build defensible job categories using the four directive criteria, and how many to create.

• Compliance6 October 20263 min read

  Salary ranges in job ads: what the EU Pay Transparency Directive requires

  The recruitment rules apply to every employer, whatever the size. What to disclose, when, and what to stop asking.

• Compliance6 October 20263 min read

  The employee right to pay information: how to prepare to answer within two months

  Every worker can ask how their pay compares. A process, a template and the data you need so that the first request is not a fire drill.

• Product6 October 20263 min read

  How Equaudit works: from a payroll CSV to a pay gap report

  The CSV format, what you get back, what is free and what is Pro, and why individual salaries are never stored.