Bill: Wage Transparency and Equal Pay for Men and Women
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om lige løn til mænd og kvinder m.v. (Gennemførelse af Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2023/970 af 10. maj 2023 om styrkelse af anvendelsen af princippet om lige løn til mænd og kvinder for samme arbejde eller arbejde af samme værdi ved hjælp af løngennemsigtighed og håndhævelsesmekanismer)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill proposes to implement the EU's wage transparency directive into Danish law.
- According to the bill, the purpose of the directive is to strengthen the principle of equal pay for men and women for the same work or work of equal value.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- The act shall not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
- For wage information from the calendar year 2027 onwards, employers must follow the proposed rules on wage reporting and joint pay assessment. For 2026, the previous rules on gender-disaggregated wage statistics apply.
Sources and original
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Source: the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget har til formål at implementere løngennemsigtighedsdirektivet. Med lovforslaget fastsættes nærmere krav til alle arbejdsgiveres lønstrukturer, som skal basere sig på objektive, kønsneutrale kriterier, og som skal omfatte færdigheder, indsats, ansvar og arbejdsvilkår. Lovforslaget fastsætter desuden nærmere regler for jobansøgeres og lønmodtageres ret til oplysninger om startløn, løninterval, eget lønniveau og de gennemsnitlige lønniveauer for lønmodtagere, som en lønmodtager kan sammenligne sig med. Derudover fastsætter lovforslaget regler om arbejdsgiveres pligt til at udarbejde lønredegørelser, hvis man har mindst 100 ansatte eller mellem 50-99 ansatte og mindst 8 af hvert køn i samme jobfunktion, og pligt til at udarbejde en fælles lønvurdering. Endelig oprettes Arbejdsmarkedets Institut for Ligeløn, som skal fungere som overvågningsorgan og ligebehandlingsorgan på ligelønsområdet. Det foreslås, at loven træder i kraft den 1. marts 2027.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 8 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg · 22 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet