Equal pay and the upcoming reporting directive. Are you ready?

11/10/22 • 28 min

The European Unequal Pay Day is set this year on November 15th. As from this day, women will work “for free” in comparison to men until the end of the year. But what are the main challenges if we speak about the gender pay gap and how can companies deal with it?

During this podcast, you can join our experts, Bart Van den Bussche (PwC) and Vera Claes (Zijkant) to learn more about the still relevant issues of Equal Pay. They will discuss the important difference between Pay Inequality and Gender Pay Gap, the factors causing it, the impact of parental responsibilities & gender biases on women's pay, the way companies can prepare for the upcoming directive on pay transparency and how PwC Equal Salary certification can assist with this.

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The importance of ESG for you and your workforce

ESG plays a key role in the employee value proposition of companies, to attract talent, and retain employees. In this context, ESG is an important topic for human resources (HR) and reward practitioners to consider.

It also matters because HR and reward directors have a key role to play in successful delivery of a company’s ESG strategy. This can happen in different ways, such as:

aligning the the overall reward strategy with the business objectives
deploying the right benefits
choosing appropriate KPIs
ensuring that fair pay practices are applied within the organisation but also towards third parties.

Our experts will guide you through the relevance of ESG for HR professionals, through discussing various issues, including: driving the ESG strategy via KPIs in variable pay, investing in fair pay practices in your value chain, implementing new ways of working, and more. Listen to this podcast episode to understand the challenges for HR when dealing with ESG.

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Cost proper to employer: “Is your costs reimbursement policy secured”?

Costs proper to the employer, meaning expenses which are incurred by employees in the context of their employment agreement and then reimbursed by the employer, has become a “hot topic” recently due to a legislative change.
In practice, the reimbursement of such costs can be made on the basis of actual expenses or on basis of monthly lump sum allowances that cover these expenses. If settled correctly, this kind of reimbursement is advantageous for both the employee and the employer. For the employee the reimbursment is in principle free of tax and social security contributions. For the employer, as the reimbursement does not qualify as “salary”, no employer social security contributions are due.
Due to the recent legislative change, we can expect more audits (from the tax and the social authorities) of these reimbursement of costs “proper to the employer”. Therefore, it is essential to be prepared in case of an audit and to assess, as an employer, the quality of the internal cost policy.
During this podcast our experts Olivier Chapelle, Ingrid Kinet and Gauthier Vael will tackle the different aspects to be taken into consideration when implementing such a costs reimbursement policy. Indeed, as the social security authorities and the tax authorities sometimes have different positions on the same question, it is essential to adopt a pluridisciplinary approach.
A well-implemented costs reimbursement policy reduces the risk of rejection of reimbursement as “costs proper to the employer”. In case of rejection, the rejected costs have to be considered as salary, with consequences for social security and tax.
Therefore, to prevent this risk, our experts share with you their analysis and recommendations to safeguard your remuneration policy and practice.

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