Directive (EU) 2023/970 on equal pay between men and women and its implementation in Italy
Journal title GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI
Author/s Cristina Alessi
Online First 7/24/2026 Issue 2026/Online First
Language Italian Pages 24 P. 1-24 File size 248 KB
DOI 10.3280/GDLoa2026003
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The essay deals with Directive (EU) 2023/970 on equal pay for men and women, highlighting its systemic significance in the evolution of European antidiscrimination law and in the strengthening of the principle of effectiveness. Pay transparency is reconstructed not as a mere information obligation, but as an instrument for uncovering and scrutinising the criteria governing the determination of pay, capable of affecting both employers’ prerogatives and collective systems of classification and grading. Attention is devoted to the notion of pay, the concept of work of equal value, the need for genderneutral evaluation methodologies, and coordination with the directives on equality bodies. The contribution also examines the role of the social partners in joint pay assessment and in the removal of pay disparities, showing how the Directive requires a review of collectively agreed classification and pay systems. From this perspective, the Italian implementation through Legislative Decree No. 96/2026 is critically assessed, with particular emphasis on its possible conflict with Directive (EU) 2023/970 in several respects. According to the Author, the effectiveness of the principle of equal pay will depend on the ability of the domestic legal order to overcome the limited implementation of pay transparency carried out by Legislative Decree No. 96/2026, orienting it towards the substantive transformation of remuneration and collective bargaining systems.
Keywords: Pay transparency; Equal pay; Gender pay gap; Work of equal value; Collective bargaining; Job evaluation; Equality bodies; Legislative Decree No. 96/2026.
Cristina Alessi, La direttiva 2023/970/UE sulla parità retributiva tra uomini e donne e la sua attuazione in Italia in "GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI " Online First/2026, pp 1-24, DOI: 10.3280/GDLoa2026003