Worker representatives and equality bodies
Last reviewed 2026-10-16
Where the Directive gives representatives a role: criteria, information requests, report clarifications, and the joint pay assessment.
Article 4 · Article 7 · Article 9 · Article 10
Roles the Directive names
Workers’ representatives are part of agreeing the gender-neutral criteria where they exist (Article 4). Workers may exercise the Article 7 information right, and Member States can involve representatives and equality bodies in that channel. Article 9 gives representatives, with workers, labour inspectorates and equality bodies, the right to ask for clarifications of reported data. Article 10 requires the joint pay assessment to be done in cooperation with the workers’ representatives.
What this page does not decide
Who counts as a representative, and what happens in a workplace with none, is set by national labour law and by how the Member State transposes the Directive. This guide does not name a works-council statute or a union procedure.
Related
Source
Directive (EU) 2023/970 on pay transparency (adopted 2023-05-10)
Update log
- 2026-10-16 — First published from Articles 4, 7, 9 and 10 of Directive (EU) 2023/970.
Informational only. This is not legal advice and not a statement of national law. Statutory claims cite Directive (EU) 2023/970 and carry a last-reviewed date. A Member State duty exists only when that State’s law says so. See the country pages for a dated status snapshot.