Country guide
Pay transparency in Switzerland
What the EU Pay Transparency Directive means for employers in Switzerland, based on its national transposition — status, thresholds, the joint-assessment trigger, and where to file.
Switzerland is not an EU member state: Directive (EU) 2023/970 does not apply. The Gleichstellungsgesetz (GlG) equal-pay analysis obligation is the governing national regime, and it is TIME-LIMITED: Section 4a (Art. 13a-13i) falls away on 1 July 2032. Nothing before Parliament seeks to move that date. Parlamentarische Initiative 24.478 is live in the National Council committee (status 2026-03-27) and would delete the Art. 13a Abs. 3 release, so that the four-year repeat would bind without exception. The Federal Council has brought the Art. 17b effectiveness evaluation forward to end-2027 and will decide then whether to propose a revision.
Switzerland is outside the scope of the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The figures below describe its national pay-reporting regime instead.
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 100 or more employees, from 2021 until 2032 · Every four 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 | Eidgenössisches Büro für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann (EBG / BFEG) |
Frequently asked
Is the EU Pay Transparency Directive in force in Switzerland?
Switzerland is outside the scope of the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The figures below describe its national pay-reporting regime instead.
Which employers have to report in Switzerland?
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 100 or more employees, from 2021 until 2032 · Every four years, further conditions apply.
What triggers a joint pay assessment in Switzerland?
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 Switzerland's own transposition text before relying on it.