Designed by and for reward practitioners, a workshop demystifying the requirements of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, providing you with practical guidance on how best to prepare your organisation for the directive’s implications.
Location: Your PC via Zoom.
Duration: 3 hours, 9am-12pm (UK).
Dates: 29 January 2025; 2 April 2025; 19 June 2025; 15 September 2025
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INTRODUCTION
Join our expert-led training class to get ahead of the curve on the EU Pay Transparency Directive. This directive is reshaping how organisations address pay equity, requiring greater transparency, proactive reporting, and actionable compliance strategies.
In this introductory workshop, you will learn:
- Key compliance requirements and deadlines.
- Employer and employee implications.
- Assessing organisational readiness.
- How best to prepare your organisation.
FORMAT
A three-hour interactive class delivered by an experienced reward practitioner either in-person or live-streamed via Zoom with a small number of participants. In-person classes are hosted in London and Dublin.
HOW WILL IT BENEFIT YOU
- Compliance readiness: Gain a clear understanding of the directive’s requirements, deadlines, and reporting standards, allowing organisations to comply confidently and avoid costly penalties.
- Enhanced fair pay practices: Learn how to conduct robust pay assessments, helping your organisation identify and close pay gaps. This builds a culture of fairness that can increase employee satisfaction and retention.
- Risk mitigation: Understand potential compliance risks and how to proactively address them. Participants will learn strategies for transparent pay policies that reduce exposure to legal challenges and reputational damage.
- Talent attraction and retention: Transparent pay practices attract top talent, as employees are increasingly prioritising fair pay and equity in their job searches. This training will equip you with strategies to communicate transparency efforts effectively.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is designed for reward/HR professionals who want to kick start their organisations preparation for the Directive..
ENTRY CRITERIA
Participants should already be working in rewards, HR or have responsibility for preparing their organisation’s readiness for the Directive.
ASSESMENTS
There is no exam or qualification awarded.
PROGRAMME
Module #1: EU Pay Transparency Directive – overview, requirements & implications for both employers and employees.
- The context to and direction of travel of the directive.
- Key implications for both employers and employees.
Module #2: Assessing your organisations readiness for pay transparency.
How best to assess your organisations readiness for pay transparency, including:
- identifying current gaps in male/female paid rates by work category
- readiness for public reporting of your organisations paid rates by work category
- readiness for sharing pay data with potential recruits
- readiness for sharing pay data with current employees.
Module #3: Key building blocks to prepare your organisation.
- How best to sequence and prioritise the work to prepare your organisation for the directive.
Module #4: Q&A, and Pointers on how to apply learnings.
- A summary of key takeaways from the course.
- Pointers on how best to apply the course content.
- An opportunity to ask questions/discuss any part of the course.
ENROL NOW & FEES
£295.00 GBP (+ VAT) for first delegate. Contact E-reward for more information about our team discounts.
Each ticket covers attendance for one person only for the duration of this three-hour course programme and includes course materials.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BOOKING
Please read our terms and conditions carefully as they contain important information.
- Delegates who advise E-reward.co.uk Ltd of their cancellation in writing via email (to paul@e-reward.co.uk) 30 calendar days before the start of the course will have their fees refunded – less an administration charge of 20% of the course fees.
- No refunds will be made for cancellations received less than 30 calendar days before the start of the course.
- Failure to attend the course will be subject to the same terms.
- We are unable to accept any transfer requests received less than 30 calendar days before the start of the course and no refunds will be made.
Pat Gurren
Founder of Gurren Compensation Ltd
Pat has over 30 years’ experience working with organisations globally to address their remuneration challenges and complexities. During his corporate career, he worked with Intel Corporation as Asia Region Compensation & Benefits Director, Europe Region C&B Director, and Global Head of C&B Operations.
In 2004, Pat established his own compensation consulting practice, Gurren Compensation Ltd. As a freelance consultant, he has worked with over 200 organisations globally to address their reward challenges. He consults across all areas of rewards and has a particular passion for working with clients to link rewards to business strategy, business results and organisation culture. He enables organisations to unleash the potential of rewards via the design of effective short-term and long-term incentive programme including sales incentive programmes.
Pat has been a teaching faculty member at WorldatWork since 2008. He is a certified Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®), a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®) and a Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP®), and a Fellow of the CIPD (FCIPD).
PROGRAMME
Module #1: EU Pay Transparency Directive – overview, requirements & implications for both employers and employees.
- The context to and direction of travel of the directive.
- Key implications for both employers and employees.
Module #2: Assessing your organisations readiness for pay transparency.
How best to assess your organisations readiness for pay transparency, including:
- identifying current gaps in male/female paid rates by work category
- readiness for public reporting of your organisations paid rates by work category
- readiness for sharing pay data with potential recruits
- readiness for sharing pay data with current employees.
Module #3: Key building blocks to prepare your organisation.
- How best to sequence and prioritise the work to prepare your organisation for the directive.
Module #4: Q&A, and Pointers on how to apply learnings.
- A summary of key takeaways from the course.
- Pointers on how best to apply the course content.
- An opportunity to ask questions/discuss any part of the course.
| Virtual classroom |
29/01/2025 - 29/01/2025 |
| Virtual classroom |
02/04/2025 - 02/04/2025 |
| Virtual classroom |
19/06/2025 - 19/06/2025 |
| Virtual classroom |
15/09/2025 - 15/09/2025 |
