Romanian Legislative Council issues a negative report on the draft bill to implement the Gender Pay Transparency Directive

At a glance

• Following the approval of the emergency procedure to progress the draft law implementing the Gender Pay Transparency Directive (Directive), the bill has been sent to various commissions and councils for review.
• On 26 June 2026, the Legislative Council issued a negative report, raising a number of concerns and indicating that a full review of the legislation is required.
• However, Parliament has entered recess today and no further reports are expected now until September 2026.

On 22 June 2026, a draft law to implement the Directive was approved to proceed under the emergency procedure, indicating that the legislative process for the bill could be quicker than initially expected. In line with this procedure, the draft law was sent to various commissions and councils for reports to be prepared (see our earlier article).

Now some reports have been issued. Notably, on 26 June 2026, the Legislative Council – a key player in this process – issued a negative report on the bill.

In a nutshell, the 34-page report indicates that a full review of the draft law is needed, covering both the merits of the proposed provisions and the technical drafting. The Legislative Council acknowledged that the way several (sensitive) topics are dealt with in the bill are problematic, including: the provisions regarding salary confidentiality in employment contracts; the pay department / structures that employers must establish at company level; several defined concepts (including 'pay'); and other measures which may not accurately transpose the Directive.

While the report is intended to be advisory, it is likely that some of the provisions included in the draft bill will be revisited / reviewed by Parliament before approval.

Next steps

Under the latest published timeline,several other reports are now expected at the beginning of September 2026 and, given the parliamentary recess starts today, no major updates are expected in the immediate upcoming period – but employers will need to keep a close watching brief.