Draft bill implementing the Pay Transparency Directive on the government's legislative agenda
On Tuesday, 25 November, a draft bill comprehensively implementing the Pay Transparency Directive was entered into the Council of Ministers' list of legislative and program work (UC127). On this occasion, an outline of the new regulations was revealed.
Polish regulations are largely intended to replicate the requirements of the Directive. The following elements deserve particular attention:
Polskie regulacje mają stanowić w dużej mierze powtórzenie wymogów dyrektywy. Na szczególną uwagę zasługują następujące elementy:
- a new law is to be adopted (on strengthening application of the right to equal pay for men and women for equal work or for work of equal value),
- every employer will be required to evaluate jobs using at least four criteria: skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions,
- employers with at least 100 employees will be required to report data on the pay gap; required information will have to be submitted using an IT tool provided by the President of the Central Statistical Office,
- all employers will be subject to new information obligations, including the need to:
- inform on criteria for setting remuneration,
- provide information – at employee request – on the individual salary level of that employee and average salary levels broken down by gender for categories of employees rendering the same work or work of equal value,
- employers may face a fine ranging from PLN 2,000 to PLN 60,000 for violating the Act (including, among others, failure to assess the value of individual jobs or failure to prepare a report on the pay gap).
The government plans to adopt the draft law in the second quarter of 2026.