EU Pay Transparency Directive Readiness

Pay transparency compliance starts with one thing: knowing exactly where you stand.

Equinox Human Capital Partners helps organisations assess pay gap exposure, review governance, and build a structured, accountable path to EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance.

This is not just a dashboard. It is a governed compliance operating environment integrated within your existing systems and data.
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Baseline gap exposure scan
Country readiness review
Governance and decision-rights assessment
Remediation options with advisory support
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Advisory-led
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Fixed-fee entry point
2–4weeks
Fast diagnostic engagement for leadership clarity.
Target stakeholders
4core
CHRO, Reward, Legal, and CFO aligned in one operating view.
Risk threshold
5%
Category-level unexplained gaps may trigger Joint Pay Assessment.
Engagement model
Human
Human-reviewed outputs, not autonomous compliance claims.

The compliance window is closing.

Enforcement obligations, employee rights to pay information, and category-level gap disclosure requirements are no longer on the horizon. Organisations that take a proactive, structured approach now are the ones that will be able to account for their pay decisions with clarity when it matters most.

01

Regulatory exposure

Public reporting obligations, category-level gap disclosure, and country-specific requirements are turning pay transparency into a live compliance issue.

02

Works council & employee relations

Employee representatives and employees themselves are gaining stronger rights to information. Poorly prepared responses create avoidable friction and escalation risk.

03

Governance & accountability

The most serious risk is often not the existence of a gap, but the inability to explain how pay decisions were made and whether they were made with structure, consistency, and intent.

An advisory-led path to PTD readiness

Equinox Human Capital Partners works alongside your CHRO, Legal, Reward, and Finance teams in a structured two to four week engagement. Fixed fee. Expert-led. With a clear outcome at every stage.

The PTD Control Room integrates with your existing systems and data. No new infrastructure. No lengthy implementation. Just structured insight from the data you already have.

A

Analytics Engine

Adjusted and unadjusted gap analysis, cohort decomposition, pay quartile distribution, and identification of high-risk populations.

B

Governance Workflow

A structured view of how readiness, review, sign-off, and remediation decisions are tracked across stakeholders.

C

Narrative & communication support

Human-reviewed draft narratives, anomaly explanations, and stakeholder communication — powered by InsightCatalyst, our proprietary advisory tool.

D

Country Risk & Readiness

A country-by-country view of transposition status, readiness posture, and priority issues.

One view. Full clarity.

The PTD Control Room is a governed operating environment — not a reporting tool. It gives your leadership team a single, structured view of risk, governance, workflow, and course for strategic action.

Exposure view across unadjusted and adjusted pay gaps
Country readiness and category-level risk
Governance workflow and review status
Executive-ready outputs with human oversight

From insight to action. Strategically and responsibly.

Every organisation has a starting point. What matters is having the clarity to understand it, the structure to improve it, and the accountability to act on it with intention.

The PTD Control Room is part of the Reward & Compensation advisory practice at Equinox Human Capital Partners. Understanding your position, building the right structure, and acting with accountability — that is what responsible reward leadership looks like.

* The PTD Readiness Diagnostic is an advisory engagement delivered by Equinox Human Capital Partners. It is not a software subscription.

Country posture
4
Priority cohorts
7
Readiness score
61%
Actions in progress
11
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Inside the PTD Control Room

The platform is built as a working environment for leadership teams — not just a reporting layer. Each module supports a different part of the PTD response cycle.

Module 01
Executive Overview
A leadership view of unadjusted gap, unexplained adjusted gap, country exposure, reporting readiness, governance status, and actions already in motion.
Module 02
Analytics Engine
Regression-based gap analysis, cohort decomposition, pay quartiles, anomaly flags, and methodology controls that help explain what is driving the gap.
Module 03
Compliance & Reporting
A structured view of EU baseline obligations, country transposition logic, company readiness, artefacts, and reporting pack status.
Module 04
Remediation Scenarios
Board-ready scenario options spanning legal risk containment, accountable market alignment, and strategic pay equity transformation.
Module 05
Governance & AI Support
Workflow, sign-off, ownership, draft narratives, anomaly explanation, and AI-assisted briefing support — always under human review.

Our Partners

Senior advisors across Europe and Asia, bringing deep experience in compensation, HR leadership, transformation, data, and AI.

Marc-David van der Molen
Marc-David van der Molen
Partner, Europe & Compensation Practice Head·Netherlands
International HR and business leader with senior experience across Royal Dutch/Shell, NIB Capital, ABN Amro, ING Bank, and Vistra, with deep expertise in compensation, reward, and transformation.
✉ md.vandermolen@equinoxhcp.com
Beata Paluchowska
Beata Paluchowska
Partner, CEE·Poland
Senior HR leader with deep experience across Poland and the wider CEE region, including Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, AstraZeneca Pharma, Allianz, and Vistra.
✉ Beata.Paluchowska@equinoxhcp.com
Claire Towlson
Claire Towlson
Partner, Europe·Luxembourg
Senior HR leader with over 30 years of experience across hospitality, retail, finance, healthcare, and professional services, leading HR teams across Europe and South East Asia.
✉ Claire.Towlson@equinoxhcp.com
Kumar Naik
Kumar Naik
Partner, Strategy, Data & AI·Singapore
Advises organisations on workforce strategy, compensation analytics, data, and AI-enabled decision-making, with leadership experience across Willis Towers Watson, TCS, Credit Suisse, and Vistra.
✉ Kumar.Naik@equinoxhcp.com

Start with a PTD Readiness Diagnostic

Fixed-fee engagement · Typically 2–4 weeks · €7,500–€12,000

A focused advisory engagement designed to establish baseline exposure, identify governance gaps, assess readiness across countries, and frame practical next steps.

Baseline data and pay element review
Country readiness assessment
Gap and governance diagnostic
Initial remediation pathways
Executive debrief

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