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🇲🇹 MaltaMalta: EU Pay Transparency Directive legislation at a glance
To transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive fully and on time, Malta established its Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations 2026 via Legal Notice 173 of 2026. While mostly reflecting the EUPTD baseline requirements, Malta is distinguished by more stringent internal documentation thresholds, a very short required response time for right to information requests, and clear fines for noncompliance.
Transposition
At a glance
Effective date
June 5th, 2026 for most elements; first pay gap reports are due June 7th, 2027 (first annual reports for employers with 250+ employees and triennial reports for those 150–249 employees) and June 7th, 2031 (triennial reports for those with 100–149 employees.)
Size of companies impacted
Reporting requirements track the EUPTD requirements (100+ employees); however, companies with 50+ employees must have formalized, written pay structures and progression criteria that are accessible to employees, and those with 25+ employees must have formalized, written pay structures in place.
Pay transparency provisions for job applicants
Employers must provide applicants with information about pay or the pay range; this information must be provided before the recruitment process concludes in order to make sure negotiations are transparent.
Defining categories of workers and work of equal value
Defined based on the skills, effort, responsibilities, and working conditions necessary for the role.
Right to information
Employees have the right to receive, in writing, information about their pay and the pay, broken down by gender, of other employees who do the same work or work of equal value. The required response time for employers is 8 days.
Transparency in small groups
If providing peer-average data would jeopardize the confidentiality of one employee in a group, then this information must not be provided through direct delivery. Data must be routed through employee representatives, the State Labour Inspectorate, or the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson.
Remediation & joint pay assessments
Employers must remediate any pay gaps of 5% or more within 6 months, otherwise they will need to conduct a joint pay assessment. The timeline for remediation must be determined in consultation with the employees’ representative.
Legal Interpretation
How legislation in Malta interprets the EU Directive’s requirements
By and large, Malta’s new Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations track the EU Pay Transparency Directive. However, Malta is distinguished by its low employer size threshold for pay structure documentation and by some strict response times and penalty structures. Specifically:
- Employers must respond to employees’ right to information requests within only 8 days; this is the shortest required turnaround among all EU member states. Employers who delay beyond 45 days may face enforcement actions.
- All organizations with 25 or more employees must document their pay criteria in writing. Those with 50 or more must make those criteria, as well as criteria for advancement, readily available to employees.
- Employers must keep employee pay disclosures and right to information requests and documentation on file for at least 5 years.
- The law specifies a fine structure: €2,500 to €5,000 for general compliance violations and €5,000 to €7,000 for violations of the equal pay for work of equal value principle.
Get ready to respond quickly to employee requests in Malta
With regulations in effect immediately and tight turnarounds required for right to information requests, organization and system efficiency are crucial for employers in Malta. beqom's industry-leading pay equity and transparency solution, can give you the insights you need to close pay gaps, visualize and analyze pay structures, drill down to investigate compensation at the category and individual levels, and make data-driven decisions. To see how your organization can benefit, request a personalized demo.
If you want to learn more, our EU Pay Transparency Directive eGuide gives a user-friendly breakdown of all the requirements. Our EU Directive Checklist offers a 43-step plan that makes sure that nothing falls through the cracks.
Activity by member state
EU Pay Transparency Directive Transposition Tracker
EU member states are working to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law. We’ve created this page to keep track of each member state’s progress.
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