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Sweden to Enforce EU Pay Transparency Directive by 2026
10/9/2025
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- Sweden will implement the European Union (EU) 2023 pay transparency directive, making salaries public.
- Companies must disclose salaries in job ads and cannot ask about pay history.
- Employees may request average salary data for similar roles.
- Sweden will present a bill to comply with the directive in January 2026.
- Other EU nations, Slovakia and Finland, are drafting pay transparency laws.
