Week 1 · 5 days
Discoverythe baseline
Diagnose where you actually stand.
Day-by-day plan unlocked after enrollment.
Program 01 · 20 working days
Close the gap. Show your work.
A 20-day program to move from suspected disparity to a defensible, transparent pay architecture aligned with the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
Designed for leaders, managers, and HR specialists. The program helps you build a professional identity grounded in care for workplace communication and social responsibility as an employer.
What pay equity & transparency mean — explainer with sources →
Main goal
Eliminate unexplained pay gaps and give every employee a clear, defensible answer to the question: how is my pay decided?
20 working days · per organization · incl. VAT
What it covers
Description
This program helps leaders understand whether pay differences are explainable, defensible, and fair, using your own payroll and role data. It separates visible pay gaps from the structural causes underneath: role design, job leveling, hiring offers, bonuses, and manager discretion.
You will build objective criteria for how jobs are valued and how salary bands are set, giving managers a consistent way to explain decisions. The process identifies outliers and models the cost and sequencing of adjustments, so pay equity becomes a planned investment rather than a surprise.
The final output is a pay-equity dashboard, a remediation plan, and a governance rhythm for ongoing review. It is especially useful before reporting cycles, restructuring, rapid growth, or the introduction of a new job architecture.
Key benefits
Outcomes
- ✓Auditable pay-gap analysis across gender, role, and tenure
- ✓Job architecture mapped to objective, gender-neutral criteria
- ✓Manager toolkit for transparent pay conversations
- ✓Reporting pack ready for ESRS S1 disclosure
Self-assessment
Where do you stand today?
Eight short questions, about two minutes. Answers stay in your browser.
Compliance & Information Security
EU social responsibility, by design.
Every program is mapped to the European standards your auditors, regulators, and works councils already recognize — so the work you do here becomes evidence of ethical leadership and social responsibility.
CSRD / ESRS S1
Own-workforce disclosure
The program maps to the social pillar of the EU Sustainability Reporting Standards, so participation becomes evidence for your annual report.
EU 2023/970
Pay Transparency Directive
Methodology aligned with the directive's joint pay-assessment and equal-pay-for-equal-work obligations ahead of the 2026 deadline.
GDPR
No personal data required
We never ingest employee, payroll, or HR records. You stay the controller of your own data — the only commitment is to follow the program.
ISO 27001 aligned
Information security
EU-hosted infrastructure, encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access, row-level security, and a tamper-evident audit log.
OECD Guidelines
Ethical leadership
Grounded in OECD responsible-business-conduct principles and EU equal-treatment directives across hiring, promotion, and pay.
Shared responsibility
You stay in control
Poemwork supplies the framework, training, and standards mapping. Your organization decides what to apply and retains all operational data.
Four weeks · twenty days
The plan
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Week 1 · 5 days
Discoverythe baseline
Diagnose where you actually stand.
Day-by-day plan unlocked after enrollment.
Week 2 · 5 days
Architecturethe framework
Build the structural backbone.
Day-by-day plan unlocked after enrollment.
Week 3 · 5 days
Remediationthe fix
Decide, fund, and sequence corrections.
Day-by-day plan unlocked after enrollment.
Week 4 · 5 days
Transparencythe rollout
Communicate, document, and disclose.
Day-by-day plan unlocked after enrollment.
Enrollment
1 200,00 €per organization · incl. VAT
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