"How I did it" story on PayAnalytics published by Copenhagen Business School

By amending its Employment and Industrial Relations Act, Malta’s recent Legal Notice creates pay transparency measures that benefit both current employees and job applicants. This action builds a foundation for full transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive.

To partially transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive, Lithuania is building on the foundation of its existing Labour Code. We take a look at both the established laws and the draft legislation, which is set to take effect in 2026.

Governments worldwide have adopted pay transparency legislation as a way to improve pay equity, and in many regions, the United States is following this trend. In under a decade, the U.S. went from having no pay transparency laws to legislation that covers about 40% of the working population.