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EU Pay Transparency Directive: the 3 things it requires of employers
Employ people in the EU? The EU Pay Transparency Directive is coming, and it asks a lot of employers.
Sara HillCEO, RoleMapper
Employ people in the EU? The EU Pay Transparency Directive is coming, and it asks a lot of employers.
In this clip, Sara Hill of RoleMapper sets out three things the Directive requires, and why UK organisations with EU staff should be paying attention now.
Worth a watch for HR, reward and payroll teams, and the finance leaders who sign off pay budgets.
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And the EU Pay Transparency Directive is particularly brutal. It's the most robust example of where this is heading. So we follow this and we can see what's going to land in the UK. And it requires organisations to demonstrate that a role's value using objective and gender-neutral criteria. And it also requires organisations to publish pay ranges and progression criteria up front. And it requires organisations to report on groups of workers doing work of equal value. So even if you're not in the EU, this is heading our way.
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How to Build Defensible Pay in the Age of Pay Transparency and AI
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