has missed the June 7, 2026, deadline to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law. The directive aims to ensure equal pay for equal work by granting employees the right to access gender-based salary data for comparable roles.
Labor Minister submitted a draft bill in June, but the ÖVP and Neos have raised concerns over bureaucracy. Currently, 22 of 27 EU member states have failed to fully implement the directive, while Austria's gender pay gap exceeds 15 percent.
Failure to comply could trigger an EU infringement procedure with a minimum lump sum penalty of 2.459 million euros. Daily fines could reach 158,064 euros. While Austria has 70 active procedures, it has never paid a fine to the .