Trusaic, the global leader in pay equity and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance software, has announced a strategic partnership with gradar, a leading job evaluation and compensation platform. The collaboration addresses the growing regulatory demands on multinational employers by integrating rigorous job evaluation with advanced pay equity analytics. This unified approach helps organizations define work of equal value, conduct robust analyses, and produce defensible reporting amid increasing scrutiny from regulations worldwide, particularly the EU Pay Transparency Directive effective June 2026.
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Meeting Rising Global Regulatory Demands
Governments are intensifying pay transparency and equity requirements, with the EU Pay Transparency Directive representing a major milestone for employers with any EU workforce, regardless of headquarters location. The Directive heightens the need for consistent frameworks to define equal value of work, analyze pay outcomes, and support detailed regulatory documentation.
"Trusaic and gradar are uniting to bridge the gap between complex global compensation data and true pay equity," said Robert Sheen, founder and CEO of Trusaic. "By combining Trusaic's deep expertise in navigating international transparency mandates with gradar's leading analytical job evaluation engine, we provide a seamless path to pay transparency compliance for global enterprises."
Integrated Solution for Defensible Pay Practices
Disconnected systems often create misalignment between job structures and pay equity outcomes, increasing compliance risks. The partnership resolves this by merging gradar's objective, factor-based grading methodology—which establishes the value of work—with Trusaic's PayParity platform, which detects and corrects systemic bias across global teams.
The combined offering allows organizations to:
gradar, trusted by more than 500 organizations worldwide, delivers accessible job evaluation tools that support clear architectures and transparent pay structures specifically aligned with EU Directive requirements.
"Our partnership with Trusaic brings together two complementary strengths: gradar's rigorous, defensible job architecture and Trusaic's market-leading pay equity analytics," said Philipp Schuch, founder and CEO of gradar. "By integrating high-quality job evaluation data directly into Trusaic's platform, we enable organizations to move from compliance requirements to sustainable, transparent pay practices. This collaboration allows our joint customers to make fair, data-driven compensation decisions with confidence across regions and regulatory frameworks."
Building Sustainable Pay Governance
Through this alliance, Trusaic and gradar help enterprises advance beyond minimum compliance toward enduring pay equity governance. By aligning structured job evaluation, advanced analytics, and expert advisory support, organizations establish a scalable foundation for fair compensation that withstands regulatory review and fosters trust.
About Trusaic
Trusaic is the world's most trusted software for pay equity and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance. Our AI-powered software solutions guide global enterprises toward precise, compliant pay decisions at scale to achieve pay equity for their global workforces. Our pay equity suite of products is augmented by Trusaic AI agents that simplify complex pay equity and transparency reporting tasks with precision. Organizations that partner with Trusaic turn every pay decision into progress. For more information about Trusaic, visit www.trusaic.com.
About gradar
gradar is an accessible, affordable job evaluation and compensation platform that helps organisations build clear job architectures as the foundation for fair, transparent pay. Used by more than 500 organisations worldwide, gradar combines analytical, point-factor-based job evaluation with compensation analysis and pay transparency features to support explainable, defensible pay decisions. Built for the requirements of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, gradar enables organisations to define work of equal value, analyse pay outcomes and manage rewards with confidence.
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