Webcast
The EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970/EU) came into force on June 7, 2023. The Directive, which must be transposed into German law by June 2026, will bring with it a comprehensive amendment to the Pay Transparency Act.
Among other things, the amendment will entail
- an extension of the personal scope of application of the right to information on remuneration to applicants and employees in an ongoing employment relationship, irrespective of the size of the undertaking,
- an extension of the reporting obligation on equality and equal pay to all undertakings with at least 100 employees,
- a readjustment of the principles on the reversal of the burden of proof to facilitate the en-forceability of employee rights in the event of non-application of the principle of equal pay and on the employee's claims for damages in this regard, and
- the (first-time) introduction of (monetary) sanctions against the employer in the event of non-compliance with the equal pay principle.
In its Second Report on the Effectiveness of the Pay Transparency Act published in September 2023, the Federal Government also defined corresponding and in some cases more far-reaching measures to increase the effectiveness of the Pay Transparency Act.
In our webcast, we discuss recent legal developments and present suitable (compensation) in-struments to ensure sufficient governance to comply with the new legal requirements.
The planned main topics are:
- Update of the Pay Transparency Act by Directive 2023/970/EU... and expected amendment of the Pay Transparency Act
- Current case law of the BAG on equal pay and pay transparency
- Suitable (compensation) instruments to ensure legally compliant and needs-based equal pay governance (in particular for salary data analysis)
- And what else? - Other current equal pay developments (including the principle of gender-neutral remuneration in the sound compensation environment)
Our experts Klaus Heeke and Dr. Lars Hinrichs, lawyers at Deloitte Legal, and Peter Devlin, Head of the Benefits and Compensation Talent Group at Deloitte Consulting GmbH, will lead through the webcast.
You are welcome to ask your questions for the Q&A section when you register.
Information
Webcast in German language – please feel free to contact our experts for explanations in English language.
For organizational questions, please contact
Madeleine A. Thrun
Tel: +49 211 87724645
E-Mail: athrun@deloitte.de
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Dr. Lars Hinrichs, LL.M. (Univ. Stockholm)
Dr. Lars Hinrichs advises national and international clients on all human resources and labour law related issues of German Employment and Labour Law. He is specialiced in the design, implementation and modification of remuneration systems in regulated and non-regulated business sectors (including company pension systems), in the planning and implementation of restructuring measures and transformation processes and in the labour law consultancy of M&A transactions. Lars regularly holds lectures and publishes HR and labour law related articles in HR and legal journals. Lars works for Deloitte Legal since 2019. Before his entry to Deloitte Legal, Lars had worked since 2007 as lawyer in the Labour Law departments of other leading international law firms in Frankfurt and Hamburg.
Klaus Heeke
Klaus has been a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Deloitte Legal's German practice since joining in 2010. He heads both the employment law practice in the Düsseldorf office and the Employment Law & Benefits service line in Germany. Klaus has more than 20 years of experience in all areas of German employment law. He represents - out of court and in court - the legal interests of both domestic and internationally operating companies in connection with all issues relating to the relationship between employer and (i) employees on the one hand and (ii) works councils/trade unions on the other hand. Klaus has many years of expertise with regard to restructuring measures motivated by employment law and the support and implementation of M&A transactions. In doing so, he advises both medium-sized companies and large internationally operating groups.
Peter L. Devlin
Peter Devlin ist Partner und Leiter des Fachbereichs Benefits & Compensation bei Deloitte Deutschland. Er berät Kunden in allen Fragen zu Total Rewards-Themen (Pensionen, Compensation, Job Architecture, Salesforce Compensation). Industrieübergreifend verfügt er über jahrelange Erfahrung, auch auf internationaler Ebene. Des Weiteren leitet er das Human Capital M&A-Team der EMEA-Region, welches sich sowohl mit Due Diligence-Themen als auch mit Post Merger-Projekten beschäftigt.
