Sweden: Gender pay reporting to become a more frequent obligation

From January 1st 2017 companies in Sweden will be obliged to report salary statistics broken down by gender to the national statistical agency, Statistics Sweden, every year. Currently it is only required every three years. The company size threshold will also fall from 25 to ten employees. A further amendment to the Discrimination Act also makes it obligatory for companies with pay inequalities to take steps to remedy them.

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