How reward leaders are preparing for EU Pay Transparency – insights from REBA Acumen
With enforcement of the EU Pay Transparency Directive beginning in June 2026, organisations with employees in EU member states are preparing for a significant shift in levels of openness and transparency.
While the legislation directly affects EU operations, its ripple effects reach far beyond. UK-based employers with European teams – and those anticipating future UK regulation – are considering how they can build trust, fairness and equity into how they reward their people.
To explore how leading employers are responding, REBA Acumen’s latest report – Readiness for the EU Pay Transparency Directive (September 2025) – brings together exclusive insights from senior reward and benefits leaders inside the REBA Acumen network. It reveals how organisations are tackling the challenges of data readiness, leadership buy-in, costs, impacts and much more.
What the report covers
The report brings together insights from senior reward and benefits leaders in the REBA Acumen network, uncovering their approach to:
- Building board-level buy-in and unlocking investment
- Stress-testing pay and benefits data for compliance
- Identifying risk blind spots and legal vulnerabilities
- Closing the gap between policy and tech readiness
- Spotting any hidden gaps in benefits equity.
REBA Acumen reports are:
- Closed-group and subscriber-driven: Topics are led by Acumen subscribers themselves, focusing only on their most pressing priorities
- Fast-turnaround: Designed to deliver topical insights when they are needed most
- Exclusive to the network: Accessible only to REBA Acumen subscribers
- Ready to re-use: Clear charts and graphics designed to slot straight into your internal reports and board papers
- Effortless to explore: Ask Acumen - your AI search assistant - takes the legwork out of research. Use this safe, closed-group tool to surface the insights most relevant to you from a growing, trusted library of reports.
Part of the REBA Acumen toolkit
The EU Pay report is available exclusively to REBA Acumen subscribers. It forms part of a service that combines surveys, a powerful AI information tool and access to a human network of hundreds of senior reward directors to help you make confident decisions, faster.
Already, leaders from organisations including BBC, Beazley Group, Etex, Hilton, Rolls Royce, Selfridges, Teneo and Thomson Reuters are using REBA Acumen to share insights and exchange knowledge. If you’d like to access the EU Pay report and join them, you can find out more here.
