Germany: transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive is overdue
Opmerking bij de datum: 2026-06-07 was the EU transposition deadline for Directive (EU) 2023/970. The BMBFSFJ's expert commission on a low-bureaucracy transposition delivered its final report on 2025-11-07, aiming to start the legislative process (Referentenentwurf) in early 2026, but no enacted German law reforming the Entgelttransparenzgesetz (EntgTranspG) has been found on official channels as of lastVerified. Status is therefore recorded as delayed rather than a new confirmed national date; do not treat this as the date obligations start in Germany until a national act is passed.
Wat verandert er
Directive (EU) 2023/970 required pay-transparency and gender-pay-gap-reporting rules to be in German law by 7 June 2026 (pre-interview pay ranges, a ban on asking salary history, workers' right to average pay information, and gender pay-gap reporting for 150+ staff). Germany missed this deadline; the existing 2017 Entgelttransparenzgesetz remains in force in its unreformed, weaker form (only a right to request comparative pay information in companies with 200+ staff) until a reform act is passed.
Voor wie geldt dit
All employers for the eventual transparency/reporting duties; currently the unreformed EntgTranspG already gives employees in companies with more than 200 employees a right to request pay-comparison information.
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Wat u moet doen
Do not wait for the German act: start building gender-neutral job categories and pay bands now, since the EU directive's substantive obligations will apply once Germany transposes (expected during 2026-2027). Track BMBFSFJ announcements for the Referentenentwurf and Bundestag timeline.
Sanctie
To be set by the German transposition act; the current EntgTranspG carries no general fine regime, only individual disclosure/compensation claims.
Bronnen
- BMBFSFJ – Abschlussbericht der Kommission "Bürokratiearme Umsetzung der Entgelttransparenzrichtlinie" (www.bmbfsfj.bund.de)
Laatst geverifieerd op 8 september 2026. Uitsluitend ter informatie, geen juridisch advies.