Corrected employer coverage in Argentina and South Korea and withdrew an unsupported Peru court claim. Added Japan’s two-indicator disclosure, practical reporting controls and Slovenia’s dated government plan.
All country findings and open points · 45
All 44 countries and the EU baseline have a review record. “Rechecked” confirms only the cited finding, not an exhaustive national-law audit. Open points are explicit for Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Israel and Brazil; Greek commencement and Malta’s timing clause also need local confirmation. Document dates and older notification observations remain visible.
European UnionRechecked
- Previously
- EU baseline in force; national law must be checked
- Finding
- The EU timetable remains the baseline. National commencement, scope and remedies must be checked separately; a notification count is not a completeness certificate.
- Recommended next step
- Create an entity-by-country obligation register: headcount, payroll period, worker requests, reporting owner and local legal source.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- EU first reporting: 7 June 2027 for 150+; 7 June 2031 for 100–149, subject to national law.
Evidence: EU-PTD
Open country brief →SlovakiaRechecked
- Previously
- Act No. 76/2026 Coll. in force; transitional information rules apply
- Finding
- Section 18 separates the first 2027 category-average information from the current right to own-pay information. The first 150+ report covers only 1 August–31 December 2026.
- Recommended next step
- Check the 31 July pay-structure implementation evidence and preserve August–December payroll by equal-value category; start a two-month request-response log.
- Suggested owner
- HR and payroll lead
- Timing / condition
- 31 July 2026 implementation date has passed; first 150+ report due 7 June 2027.
Evidence: SK-ACT76-MPSVR-TEXT
Open country brief →ItalyRechecked
- Previously
- Legislative Decree 96/2026 in force; implementing arrangements require separate review
- Finding
- Decree 96/2026 is published and in force. Publication of the act does not establish that every article 9 implementing arrangement is operational.
- Recommended next step
- Prepare annual and hourly pay components, equal-value groupings and the worker-information response process; obtain the applicable reporting instructions before submission.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- First article 9 data collection: 7 June 2027 for 150+, 7 June 2031 for 100–149.
Evidence: IT-GU-96 · IT-DLGS96
Open country brief →LithuaniaRechecked
- Previously
- National amendments in force with staged operational dates
- Finding
- The ministry distinguishes monthly Sodra data from the first annual gap reports in 2028. The 2028 annual report is not permission to defer payroll preparation until 2028.
- Recommended next step
- Assign payroll fields to occupational groups and test the January 2027 data extract; review the pay system and workers’ access process.
- Suggested owner
- HR and payroll lead
- Timing / condition
- Pay-system review by 31 December 2026; January 2027 monthly data submitted in February.
Evidence: LT-SADM · LT-SODRA
Open country brief →FinlandRechecked
- Previously
- Government bill pending — not enacted law
- Finding
- HE 129/2026 remains a proposal in the reviewed project record. The proposed payroll-input start and separate gap-report dates must not be merged.
- Recommended next step
- Prepare a payroll-field mapping against the Incomes Register guidance, labelled as preparation pending enactment.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Proposed input start 1 January 2027 for 150+; proposed first separate filing 2 May 2028.
Evidence: FI-HE129 · FI-GOVERNMENT-PROJECT · FI-INCOMES-REGISTER
Open country brief →FranceRechecked
- Previously
- Bill presented to Cabinet; enactment not verified
- Finding
- The 10 September Cabinet text proposes retaining the existing private-sector index in 2027 and moving to the new framework in 2028. It is a bill, not enacted transition law.
- Recommended next step
- Keep the current index workflow funded and prepare a separate change plan; do not cancel existing reporting because a replacement has been announced.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Continue current index dates; proposed 2028 transition remains conditional.
Evidence: FR-CABINET-PTD-BILL
Open country brief →GermanyRechecked
- Previously
- Preparatory government work and opposition motion documented
- Finding
- The Bundestag’s 9 September item concerns opposition motion 21/7916 requesting legislation. It creates no employer duty.
- Recommended next step
- Keep the existing German information and equal-pay controls; prepare an implementation register that only activates new duties after an enacted text is confirmed.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Prepare now; confirm national commencement before applying a new deadline.
Evidence: DE-BT-MOTION-21-7916
Open country brief →PolandRechecked
- Previously
- Recruitment duties active; wider UC127 proposal remains a draft
- Finding
- UC127 still records planned Cabinet adoption in Q4 2026. Existing recruitment-pay information must continue independently of this wider draft.
- Recommended next step
- Audit job advertisements and information sent before interviews; keep the wider reporting design marked as draft.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Recruitment duties already apply; Q4 2026 is a government planning date.
Evidence: PL-KPRM-UC127 · PL-PIP-RECRUITMENT-CURRENT
Open country brief →SpainPractical detail
- Previously
- Existing register and audit rules confirmed; wider transposition not established
- Finding
- RD 902/2020 article 5 requires consultation with worker representatives at least ten days before creating or changing the pay register. Register, equality-plan audit and the EU 5% condition are distinct.
- Recommended next step
- Add a consultation checkpoint before payroll signs off a register change; retain the invitation, consultation record and final register.
- Suggested owner
- HR and payroll lead
- Timing / condition
- At least ten days before the register is created or modified.
Evidence: ES-RD902-CONSOLIDATED
Open country brief →NetherlandsRechecked
- Previously
- Government bill awaits both chambers; start date conditional
- Finding
- Government guidance still makes the 1 January 2027 start conditional on parliamentary approval. This review does not establish a final act.
- Recommended next step
- Prepare job-value groups, applicant information and data owners, but label the implementation calendar as conditional.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Prepare now; confirm national commencement before applying a new deadline.
Evidence: NL-GOV-PTD-BILL
Open country brief →BelgiumPractical detail
- Previously
- 6 measures notified; federal completeness not established
- Finding
- Existing Belgian guidance requires a pay-structure analysis every two financial years for covered employers averaging at least 50 workers: abbreviated model for 50–99, full model from 100. The mediator is optional.
- Recommended next step
- Confirm the statutory headcount calculation and use the correct model; schedule presentation to the works council or trade-union delegation.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Biennial reporting cycle; derive the next delivery from the employer’s financial years and consultation timetable.
Evidence: BE-FPS-PAY-GAP
Open country brief →SwedenRechecked
- Previously
- Renegotiation and preparation documented; final legislation not verified
- Finding
- The Equality Ombudsman still distinguishes preparatory work from finished legislation. Existing pay-survey duties are not suspended by the EU implementation debate.
- Recommended next step
- Maintain the annual pay-survey workflow and documented equal-value grouping; keep draft reporting fields separate.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Continue the existing annual cycle; no new enacted commencement date confirmed here.
Evidence: SE-DO-PTD-GUIDANCE
Open country brief →DenmarkRechecked
- Previously
- Ministerial answer clarifies proposed reporting; not enacted law
- Finding
- The parliamentary question and answer describe proposed reporting, including a conditional 50–99-worker category. They are not an enacted filing instruction.
- Recommended next step
- Keep a separate scenario for the proposed threshold; do not merge it into the current mandatory calendar.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- The reviewed 2031 proposal is conditional; confirm final law before implementation.
Evidence: DK-FT-CONSULTATION · DK-FT-BEU85-ANSWER
Open country brief →AustriaOpen verification
- Previously
- 8 measures notified; economy-wide completeness not established
- Finding
- Section 11a confirms a biennial anonymised income report and first-quarter delivery. Official guidance and the statutory-search wording disagree at exactly 150 workers; the current section 63 could not be fully retrieved.
- Recommended next step
- Prepare the anonymised report, but obtain the current section 63 scope before deciding coverage for exactly 150 workers.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Covered reports go to worker representatives in Q1 following the reporting year; exact 150-worker boundary remains open.
Evidence: AT-GLBG-11A · AT-USP-INCOME-REPORT
Open country brief →CzechiaRechecked
- Previously
- Government-approved transposition proposal; enactment not verified
- Finding
- The 31 August ministry announcement records a government-approved proposal. Its 2028/2031 reporting timetable still needs the final parliamentary act.
- Recommended next step
- Build a gap between current payroll data and the proposed equal-value reporting fields; retain proposal labels in management papers.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- 2028 for 150+ and 2031 for 100–149 remain proposed first-report years.
Evidence: CZ-MPSV-PTD-BILL
Open country brief →HungaryOpen verification
- Previously
- Current transposition position unverified
- Finding
- The verified Labour Code baseline is retained. The autumn programme was blocked by CAPTCHA and the current full-transposition outcome remains unverified; the older zero-notification observation is not refreshed.
- Recommended next step
- Use current equal-treatment controls and ask local counsel for the enacted national text before activating a new reporting date.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- No new employer filing deadline is asserted.
Evidence: HU-LABOUR-CODE-SECTION12
Open country brief →PortugalRechecked
- Previously
- Existing equal-pay law applies; partial-transposition consultation draft
- Finding
- BTE Separata 26/2026 expressly labels the text a proposal for public consultation and partial transposition. Its proposed 50–249 reporting bracket is not a current legal instruction.
- Recommended next step
- Continue existing equal-pay duties and keep a draft-to-final comparison before changing employer thresholds or reporting schedules.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Prepare now; confirm national commencement before applying a new deadline.
Evidence: PT-BTE-SEPARATA26-2026 · PT-LAW60
Open country brief →IrelandOpen verification
- Previously
- Existing 50+ gender-pay-gap reporting active; current full-transposition status not verified
- Finding
- The complete June ministerial answer supports continuing annual publication and describes mandatory central-portal filing as dependent on amendment. It cannot establish the September enactment position.
- Recommended next step
- Preserve the employer’s published report and proof of the applicable deadline; verify any enacted portal mandate separately before changing the submission workflow.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Use the entity’s statutory reporting cycle; current full transposition and central-portal mandate remain open.
Evidence: IE-PTD-MINISTER-20260616 · IE-EMPLOYMENT-EQUALITY-CONSOLIDATION
Open country brief →RomaniaRechecked
- Previously
- L445/2026 in Senate committees; procedural dates are not employer deadlines
- Finding
- L445/2026 remains recorded in Senate committees. The 2 October tacit-adoption milestone belongs to parliamentary procedure, not to employers.
- Recommended next step
- Track the final text and commencement article; prepare data without treating the parliamentary milestone as a filing deadline.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- 2 October 2026: procedural monitoring point only.
Evidence: RO-SENATE-L445
Open country brief →BulgariaPractical detail
- Previously
- Consultation closed; final enactment not established by the record
- Finding
- The official consultation export now provides an inspectable history: closed on 18 June and a response summary recorded on 11 August. No final Council act is listed in this export.
- Recommended next step
- Compare the final adopted text, when available, with the consultation; do not treat stakeholder comments as law.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Prepare now; confirm national commencement before applying a new deadline.
Evidence: BG-CONSULTATION-12386-EXPORT
Open country brief →CroatiaRechecked
- Previously
- Job-evaluation guidance available; legislative alignment in progress
- Finding
- The ministry lists job-evaluation tools for small, medium and large employers and updated 9 September supporting files. Tools support preparation; they do not prove enacted transposition.
- Recommended next step
- Select the model matching employer size and test a small set of real job descriptions with documented factor evidence.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Preparation can begin now; binding dates require the final law.
Evidence: HR-MROSP-JOB-EVALUATION · HR-MROSP-JOB-EVALUATION-FAQ-20260909
Open country brief →SloveniaChanged
- Previously
- 16 measures notified; completeness not verified
- Finding
- On 11 September the ministry announced planned pay-transparency transposition by the end of 2026. This adds a dated national plan to the previous notification-only brief; enactment is not established.
- Recommended next step
- Assign a Slovenian implementation owner and prepare job categories and payroll inputs while monitoring Uradni list for the final act.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- End of 2026 is the ministry’s planning target, not an employer deadline.
Evidence: SI-GOV-PLAN-20260911
Open country brief →EstoniaRechecked
- Previously
- Partial pay-transparency duties active; broader package not transposed in ministry guidance
- Finding
- The ministry separates active recruitment changes from the wider paused package. Older implementation-plan paragraphs on the same page should not be read as current enacted reporting.
- Recommended next step
- Check pay information provided before interviews and salary-history questions; keep wider reporting fields in preparation.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Current partial duties apply now; no new full-package commencement confirmed.
Evidence: EE-MKM-CURRENT-STATUS · EE-ACT-2026
Open country brief →LatviaOpen verification
- Previously
- TAP 26-TA-700 remains a draft in the reviewed record
- Finding
- The retained TAP draft and proposed dates remain labelled as proposals. Today’s full draft retrieval failed, so a later adoption or revision could not be ruled out.
- Recommended next step
- Obtain the current TAP history and final gazette publication before adopting the draft reporting schedule.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Draft 2027/2031 dates are not confirmed employer deadlines.
Evidence: LV-TAP-26-TA-700 · LV-TAP-26-TA-700-DRAFT
Open country brief →GreeceRechecked
- Previously
- Law 5316/2026 published; confirm applicable commencement provisions
- Finding
- The parliamentary record confirms Law 5316 and Gazette 105 A/6 July 2026. This review of the record does not close the outstanding article-by-article commencement and implementing-decision check.
- Recommended next step
- Have local counsel identify the applicable articles and filing instructions for each legal entity before setting its deadline.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Entity-specific commencement and filing date still require confirmation.
Evidence: GR-PARLIAMENT-5316
Open country brief →CyprusRechecked
- Previously
- Consultation closed; revised bill available
- Finding
- The official consultation is closed: published 5 November 2025, comments ended 4 December 2025. A bill titled “2026” is not by itself an enacted 2026 law.
- Recommended next step
- Use the proposal to prepare data; verify the House and Gazette record before changing contractual information or statutory dates.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Consultation is no longer open; no final commencement verified in this source.
Evidence: CY-PTD-CONSULTATION
Open country brief →MaltaRechecked
- Previously
- LN 173/2026 published; reporting timing needs careful application
- Finding
- Regulation 9 specifies the first reference periods explicitly: 2026 for 150+ and 2030 for 100–149. The separate fourteen-working-day wording still needs local operational clarification.
- Recommended next step
- Preserve the full 2026 payroll period and obtain written filing instructions resolving regulation 9(5) before submission.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- First reports by 7 June 2027 / 7 June 2031; resolve the additional timing clause locally.
Evidence: MT-LN173-PDF
Open country brief →LuxembourgRechecked
- Previously
- Parliamentary discussion documented; enacted transposition not verified
- Finding
- The Chamber record is a committee discussion requested by a political group. It cannot establish a transposition act or an employer commencement date.
- Recommended next step
- Prepare equal-value categories and a source-backed legal change register; await the final Legilux text for new obligations.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Prepare now; confirm national commencement before applying a new deadline.
Evidence: LU-CHD-MEETING-1014627
Open country brief →United KingdomPractical detail
- Previously
- Great Britain 250+ gender-pay-gap reporting active
- Finding
- The 250+ Great Britain reporting duty is mandatory. Gender-pay-gap action plans are currently voluntary; the stated spring-2027 mandatory start is subject to legislation.
- Recommended next step
- Keep the mandatory report calendar and prepare a separate action plan with owners, measurable actions and review dates. Label its present voluntary status.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Current snapshot cycle: 30 March 2027 for covered public bodies; 4 April 2027 for private/voluntary employers.
Evidence: UK-GPG-GOV
Open country brief →United StatesPractical detail
- Previously
- Federal equal-pay baseline plus state and local transparency rules
- Finding
- California requires an in-post pay scale for covered 15+ employers, including roles potentially filled remotely in California. Its 100+ pay-data reports are separate from federal EEO-1. This is not a complete state-by-state survey.
- Recommended next step
- Check recruiter and agency adverts, California remote eligibility, and payroll/labour-contractor report scope; retain the certified submission receipt.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- California 2025-data deadline was 13 May 2026: check any missing receipt now. Pay scale belongs in each covered posting.
Evidence: US-EEOC-PAY · US-CA-DIR-EQUAL-PAY · US-CA-CRD-REPORTING
Open country brief →AustraliaPractical detail
- Previously
- WGEA 100+ reporting active; 500+ target duties also apply
- Finding
- WGEA reporting requires CEO sign-off and sharing specified reports. Directly employing relevant employers with 500+ workers also choose three gender-equality targets and have three years to meet them or demonstrate improvement.
- Recommended next step
- Keep CEO approval, governing-body delivery evidence and a three-target register with baselines, owners and the entity’s selection date.
- Suggested owner
- CEO, HR reporting lead and governing body
- Timing / condition
- Standard reporting window 1 April–31 May; target period runs three years from selection. Confirm the entity’s portal cycle.
Evidence: AU-WGEA-REPORTING · AU-WGEA-COMPLIANCE · AU-WGEA-TARGETS
Open country brief →CanadaPractical detail
- Previously
- Federal 10+ proactive pay equity and separate 100+ LEEP reporting active
- Finding
- The regulator’s page, modified 11 September, distinguishes federal 10+ proactive pay equity from other regimes. Plans are normally due within three years of becoming subject and updated at least every five years.
- Recommended next step
- Record why the entity is federally regulated, the date it became subject, the plan’s due date and the next five-year update; keep LEEP separate.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Entity-specific three- and five-year plan clocks; verify annual-statement and LEEP dates separately.
Evidence: CA-PAY-EQUITY · CA-LEEP
Open country brief →BrazilOpen verification
- Previously
- 100+ semi-annual reporting active; sixth-report availability not confirmed
- Finding
- The official sixth-report notice confirms the 3–31 August information-update window for 100+ employers. Today’s review did not establish that the sixth report is already available for every employer.
- Recommended next step
- Check the employer’s official portal for its report, validate the figures and prepare the required publication; retain evidence of availability and the published report.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- September publication cycle; a precise availability date remains unverified.
Evidence: BR-MTE-SIXTH-REPORT-2026 · BR-LAW14611
Open country brief →JapanPractical detail
- Previously
- Gender wage-gap disclosure applies to 101+ regular workers from 1 April 2026
- Finding
- From April 2026, 101+ regular-worker employers disclose both the gender wage gap and the women-manager ratio. Additional required indicators depend on size; timing follows the employer’s financial year.
- Recommended next step
- Prepare both indicators and the size-appropriate additional item(s). Record the first financial year ending on/after 1 April 2026 and the publication date.
- Suggested owner
- HR and payroll lead
- Timing / condition
- Generally about three months after the following financial year begins. A June 2026 year-end points to approximately September 2026, not a universal 30 September deadline.
Evidence: JP-MHLW-DISCLOSURE-2026
Open country brief →South KoreaCorrection
- Previously
- Equal-value pay rule generally applies from 5 regular workers; no universal public report
- Finding
- Correction: the old under-five-worker exception was deleted in 2018. Article 8 equal-value pay cannot be presented as starting only at five regular workers; the decree’s specific exceptions still need scope checking.
- Recommended next step
- Review small establishments previously excluded by the tracker. Compare actual skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions within the business.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Correct scope now; no universal public-report filing date follows from article 8.
Evidence: KR-EQUAL-EMPLOYMENT-ACT-TEXT · KR-EQUAL-EMPLOYMENT-DECREE
Open country brief →IsraelOpen verification
- Previously
- Annual reporting active for 519+ employers and specified entities
- Finding
- The retained 519+ and specified-entity framework remains the baseline. Current regulator instructions and any 2026 deadline extension were not successfully verified; the old early-June wording must not be treated as a confirmed current deadline.
- Recommended next step
- Obtain the Commission’s current notice for the covered year before deciding whether the report is late; preserve internal and public reports with privacy controls.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Current-cycle publication deadline and any extension: verification required.
Evidence: IL-KNESSET-EQUAL-PAY
Open country brief →South AfricaPractical detail
- Previously
- 2026 EEA2/EEA4 reporting open for designated employers
- Finding
- The live 2026 portal accepts EEA2 and EEA4 only, not EEA12/13. It requires CEO approval and an acknowledgement of receipt; no amendment is allowed after final submission.
- Recommended next step
- Use a pre-submission checklist for figures and CEO approval, then save the acknowledgement. Select online or manual delivery deliberately.
- Suggested owner
- CEO and Employment Equity reporting officer
- Timing / condition
- Manual/post: 1 October 2026. Online: 15 January 2027 at 23:59, as displayed by the regulator.
Evidence: ZA-DEL-EE-ONLINE-2026
Open country brief →IndiaPractical detail
- Previously
- Code on Wages section 3 in force; no universal public reporting
- Finding
- The official explanation explicitly includes transgender identity in section 3 gender-discrimination controls for wages and recruitment. A generic male/female-only policy misses that scope.
- Recommended next step
- Review recruitment templates and wage-comparison controls for gender-inclusive application; confirm the appropriate central/state rules for the establishment.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Apply the existing section 3 controls now; no universal pay-gap filing date asserted.
Evidence: IN-PIB-WAGES-GENDER · IN-CODE-WAGES-S3
Open country brief →SingaporeRechecked
- Previously
- Tripartite fair-employment guidance active; Workplace Fairness Act enacted but not yet in force
- Finding
- The MOM parliamentary reply targets Workplace Fairness Act implementation at the end of 2027. Present fair-employment expectations and the future Act’s commencement are separate.
- Recommended next step
- Review recruitment criteria and grievance handling now; keep an owner for the final commencement notice and implementation rules.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- End-2027 target remains subject to commencement arrangements; no universal report deadline.
Evidence: SG-MOM-WFA · SG-MOM-TGFEP
Open country brief →SwitzerlandRechecked
- Previously
- 100+ headcount equal-pay analysis framework active through 30 June 2032
- Finding
- The regulator links repeat analysis to the prior result: repetition every four years where equality was not met; an employer newly reaching 100 workers at the start of a year has its own first-analysis clock.
- Recommended next step
- Record the last analysis result, workforce at the year start, independent-review evidence and next required date; do not copy another employer’s 2025–2027 sequence.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Derive the date from first coverage or the last failed analysis; framework runs through 30 June 2032.
Evidence: CH-EBG-REPEAT
Open country brief →IcelandRechecked
- Previously
- National 50+ reporting framework in force; transition depends on prior certification
- Finding
- The national 50+ reporting transition depends on the latest certification/confirmation. Regulation 946/2026 also requires an approved equality plan before filing.
- Recommended next step
- Locate the latest certificate or confirmation and approval of the equality plan; calculate the entity’s deadline from that evidence.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Prior certificate/confirmation: three years after the latest one. Neither held: before 1 March 2027.
Evidence: IS-REGULATION-946-2026 · IS-ALTHINGI-LAW53
Open country brief →New ZealandPractical detail
- Previously
- Amended equal-pay and pay-equity claim process active; no universal public report
- Finding
- Current guidance uses a merit-and-requirements assessment, not the older arguability wording. Acknowledge within five working days; decide within 60 working days, with a reasoned limited extension where allowed.
- Recommended next step
- Create a receipt-date log, acknowledgement template, union-notification privacy check and decision calendar; obtain legal review before discontinuing a claim.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- 5 working days to acknowledge; 60 working days to decide. Extension: up to 20 working days for one employer, 80 for multiple employers, subject to the guidance conditions.
Evidence: NZ-EMPLOYMENT-CLAIM-RESPONSE
Open country brief →PeruCorrection
- Previously
- Job-category and equal-value pay framework active without a general headcount threshold
- Finding
- Correction: the prior 4 August 2026 Supreme Court claim was not supported by the cited evidence and has been removed. Confirmed guidance requires job-category/function schedules and informing workers of salary policy.
- Recommended next step
- Keep approved category/function schedules and evidence that workers received the salary policy. Obtain the actual judgment before using any case-law claim in a pay decision.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Maintain the existing controls now; no new court-created deadline is asserted.
Evidence: PE-CONGRESS-LAW30709
Open country brief →ChileRechecked
- Previously
- Same-work pay rule active; 10+ complaint procedure and 200+ role register
- Finding
- The official interpretation supports a reasoned written response within 30 days and the internal complaint/role-register controls. This is an existing same-work framework, not a newly verified universal public report.
- Recommended next step
- Check the internal regulations and who receives a pay complaint; ensure the response explains the objective basis and is retained.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Reasoned written response within 30 days of the complaint.
Evidence: CL-DT-EQUAL-PAY-PROCEDURE
Open country brief →ArgentinaCorrection
- Previously
- Equal-remuneration baseline without a headcount threshold; separate 300+ confidential balance social
- Finding
- Correction: Law 25,877 article 25 says more than 300 workers, not 300 or more. The annual social balance is confidential; union delivery is within 30 days after preparation, with a copy to the labour authority.
- Recommended next step
- Recheck entities with exactly 300 workers. For covered employers, assign preparation, union delivery and confidential authority-copy responsibilities.
- Suggested owner
- HR lead with local employment counsel
- Timing / condition
- Annual balance; union delivery within 30 days after preparation. Article 27 governs first application after reaching the statutory size.
Evidence: AR-LAW25877-CURRENT
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