Workers Now Entitled To Salary Details Prior To Employment: EU Pay Transparency Directive Approved
A newly approved EU directive will entitle European workers to know the full details about their salaries prior to employment or any interviews related to a vacancy.
This comes as the European Parliament and the EU Council have just reached an agreement on the Pay Transparency Directive, increasing workers’ rights across European nations.
MEP Cyrus Engerer described the agreement on the new Pay Transparency Directive as a big and positive win for all European workers.
“This is a positive win for all workers across the European Union and I encourage the member states’ governments to apply the new law without any delay and not wait for the three-year transposition period allowed in the law,” Engerer stated while he explained the new rights acquired by employees after the agreement.
“Every vacancy advert must now include the salary attached to the job that the chosen applicant would have. This information must be given in advance of any interview the applicant would be asked to attend,” Engerer said.
He explained how this directive works to expose the gender pay gap in large companies and how this pay gap would need to be addressed through a new mechanism introduced in the law.
“It is unacceptable that workers doing the same work or work of the same value and who have the same experiences and qualifications are paid differently to each other,” Engerer stated.
“This law does not only speak of the new rights acquired by workers in the European Union but also about the remedies that must be given to those who would have been discriminated against.”
The Pay Transparency Directive must come into force in all EU member states in three years’ time, at the latest.
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