33.6%Not started
33.6% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Not started” on EU Pay Transparency Directive readiness (base: 265 UK organisations, 2026 H1).
Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.
How UK organisations answered
| Answer | Share of organisations |
|---|---|
| Not startedcommon | 33.6% |
| Assessingalternative | 32.5% |
| Planningrare | 18.5% |
| Implementingrare | 13.6% |
| Compliantrare | 1.9% |
Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.
Definition
The organisation's readiness for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, from not started through to fully compliant. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Read more
- Pay transparency and equal pay: UK benchmark 2026: the research paper this question is analysed in, with the full distribution, the legal context and what it means for reward decisions.
- Governance & transparency: research, guides and metrics: everything lumi publishes in this area.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/eu-pay-transparency-directive-readinessLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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