HR leaders must comply with EU AI Act high-risk obligations for AI monitoring tools by Aug 2026. PEOPLEGRIP’s compliance guide.

A professional HR analytics dashboard displaying compliance metrics for 2026. The left side shows HR AI bias monitoring at 75% for EU AI Act compliance, and the right side displays a 4.2% gender pay gap, staying below the 5% threshold required by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.

1. EU Pay Transparency Directive 2026: The End of Pay Secrecy and Mandatory Compliance EU Member States must transpose the Pay Transparency Directive (EU) 2023/970 into national law by 7 June 2026. The Directive operationalizes equal pay for equal work or work of equal value  through a combination of recruitment-stage pay transparency, employees’ right to pay information, and (phased) gender pay gap governance and remediation. Key takeaway: Organizations without a defensible