Why companies need to be transparent about pay (and what you can do about it)

“WHAT are your salary expectations?” Of all the questions on a job application, this is the one many of us find most difficult, to the point of being put off applying altogether.

- Libby Galvin

That’s why the EU Pay Transparency Directive has since last year forced all employers to disclose salaries at the point of recruitment, as well as banning them from asking candidates about their pay history.