Description: This briefing explains Article 7 of Directive (EU) 2023/970 - the worker's right to request and receive, in writing, information on their own pay level and the average pay levels, broken down by sex, for categories of workers performing the same work or work of equal value. It covers what the right grants, the definitions HR needs to get right (pay, pay level, category of workers), the channels a worker can use, the two clocks the employer must run (annual notice and the two-month reply window), what happens if the employer stays silent, and how a request flows end-to-end through PayGap into a worker report and a manager support pack.
How this helps you: This material gives HR and managers a shared baseline before the first information request lands. It clarifies what must be in the reply (own pay level plus category averages by sex, always in gross annual and gross hourly), the four caveats to brief managers on before the conversation (average ≠ verdict, full reference year, actual vs contractual, the category is the lens), and the five operational steps to put in place before the transposition.