At what point, and what exact communication, should be sent to employees regarding their new right to request information about the pay range for their role?

The employer should inform employees annually of their right to receive written information about their individual pay level and the average pay levels, broken down by gender, for categories of workers performing the same work as them or work of equal value to theirs. The exact timing will be determined when the Directive is transposed; it should specify by when the employer must provide this information to employees, for example by 31 January each year. As for the communication to employees, it should include notice of: 1) what the employees’ right consists of, i.e. what information they may request, and 2) how they can exercise that right, i.e. what steps they need to take.