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Pay transparency in Belgium
What the EU Pay Transparency Directive means for employers in Belgium, based on its national transposition — status, thresholds, the joint-assessment trigger, and where to file.
No federal transposition, and no Belgian PRIVATE-sector employer is covered by any transposing instrument — `partial` is true of the federated entities only. Three legal orders coexist. FEDERAL: art. 13/1 of the loi Genre du 10 mai 2007, inserted in 2012 and amended in 2013, requires every employer of 50+ to draw up a biennial pay-structure analysis for the works council (or, failing that, the union delegation) — a pre-existing duty, not a transposition, and the only pay duty a Belgian private employer has. FLEMISH: the Decreet van 12 juni 2026 is a self-declared PARTIAL transposition in force since 7 June 2026, binding Flemish public services, local authorities and educational institutions only. FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES: the Décret du 16 mai 2024 (M.B. 12 September 2024) has applied since 1 January 2025 to French-Community employers, reaching educational establishments of all networks and levels including subsidised free-network schools.
Belgium has partially brought the directive into force. Some obligations already apply while others are still being enacted, so check the national text for what is live today.
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 50 to 99 employees, from 2014 · Every two years, further conditions apply; 100 or more employees, from 2014 · Every two years, further conditions apply. The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
We have not yet confirmed from the national text whether the pay-gap figures must be published. Either way, the underlying work is the same: establish work of equal value through gender-neutral job evaluation, produce the statutory pay-gap report in the national format, and run a joint assessment where the gap is too wide.
Obligations at a glance
| Reporting threshold |
|
|---|---|
| Joint pay assessment | — |
| Public publication | Not yet confirmed |
| Competent authority | Institut pour l'égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH) |
Frequently asked
Is the EU Pay Transparency Directive in force in Belgium?
Belgium has partially brought the directive into force. Some obligations already apply while others are still being enacted, so check the national text for what is live today.
Which employers have to report in Belgium?
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 50 to 99 employees, from 2014 · Every two years, further conditions apply; 100 or more employees, from 2014 · Every two years, further conditions apply.
What triggers a joint pay assessment in Belgium?
The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
This guide summarises publicly available information for orientation only. It is not legal advice — confirm every figure against Belgium's own transposition text before relying on it.