How far along is everyone on EU Pay Transparency Directive readiness?

On the works council question specifically, because I think that is the one that actually matters here.

Brief them before your analysis is finished, not after. We arrived with a complete gap analysis the first time and it was received as a fait accompli. The second time we shared the methodology at the design stage and invited challenge on the control variables. Took longer, and the output was accepted without a fight.

Adding a Nordic perspective: Sweden already had annual pay mapping obligations, so the Directive felt incremental for us. If you have entities in a country with existing requirements, start there and use it as your pilot.

Posting anonymously as we are not public on this yet. We are significantly behind. Reading this thread is alarming and useful in equal measure.