Governments around the globe remain focused on gender pay transparency. In the EU, a proposal to introduce mandatory gender pay reporting for businesses is progressing. The European Parliament is set to enter into negotiations with EU governments over the new directive and, importantly, is suggesting that the new obligations should apply to employers of 50 or more employees (rather than 250 employees, as originally proposed).

Other recent changes include the progress of new gender pay reporting rules in Ireland and the introduction of further publication obligations in France for certain companies. In the US, Illinois issued proposed regulations on its equal pay registration certificate requirements, and New York City amended its salary posting law.

The May 2022 edition of our Global Gender Pay Transparency survey can be requested here and is available to subscribers on our GENIE website.

Employees are increasingly requesting to work overseas for extended periods in response to COVID-19-related travel disruption and the broader shift to remote working. Allowing employees to work outside their place of employment, however, can lead to various risks and trigger compliance obligations for employers. In our new Guide to Remote Working in APAC, we discuss key remote working issues across seven jurisdictions....