In April 2026, there have been important developments to gender pay gap reporting rules around the world. In Japan, there are additional gender pay gap disclosure obligations. In Australia, relevant private-sector employers must choose and declare their targets between 1 April and 31 May 2026. In the UK, employers with 250+ employees may produce and publish a voluntary action plan alongside their gender pay gap data.
As of March 2026, only a few member states have adopted binding measures to comply with the EU Pay Transparency Directive. In France, employers with 1,000 employees must publish gender representation data for senior managers and board members and meet a minimum 30% representation of each gender from 1 March 2026.
HR and legal considerations for developing policies and practices to prevent and correct unjustified pay disparities among employees performing similar work.