Overview
- France failed to transpose EU Directive 2023/970 by the 7 June 2026 deadline and has not yet written the directive into national law.
- Labour Minister Jean‑Pierre Farandou said a draft implementing bill will be transmitted to the Conseil d'État by June 7 and the government aims to hold a parliamentary vote by the end of 2026.
- The EU rule requires employers to give a salary or salary range in job adverts, disclose the pay criteria to new hires, report gender pay gaps annually or every three years depending on company size, and faces fines for non‑compliance.
- Employer groups including Medef and BusinessEurope are pushing for delays or lighter rules, citing administrative costs that some firms put in the hundreds of thousands of euros, while unions fault employers and government slow‑down for blocking progress.
- The missed deadline leaves firms and workers in legal and operational uncertainty, raises debate over national choices such as reporting thresholds and stricter French rules, and follows a wider EU pattern where only a few states have completed transposition.