Belgium: national transposition
How Directive (EU) 2023/970, the EU Pay Transparency Directive, has been brought into national law.
- Status
- Partially transposed
Only rules for parts of the public sector. There is no national law yet for private-sector employers.
What this means for employers
The parts already adopted apply now. For the rest of the directive, the following applies until national law is adopted:
A directive binds the member states, not employers directly. Until national law is adopted, a private employer generally cannot be held to the directive's new duties, such as pay-gap reporting.
The principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value already applies under Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU and existing national law, and national courts interpret national law in the light of the directive.
The directive itself sets the first reporting deadline for employers with 150 or more workers at 7 June 2027. National laws can add detail or go further, so check your country's rules once they are adopted.