Trusaic and gradar Announce Strategic Partnership to Help Enterprises Build Transparent, Defensible Pay Programs

The partnership combines advanced pay equity analytics, expert consulting, and rigorous job architecture to help global organizations meet evolving regulatory requirements.

Published on Mar. 11, 2026

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Trusaic, a 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 partnership aims to help enterprises build transparent, defensible pay programs that can withstand increasing global regulatory scrutiny as new pay transparency and pay equity regulations emerge worldwide.

Why it matters

As governments introduce new pay transparency and pay equity regulations, global employers face growing pressure to define work of equal value, analyze pay outcomes, and produce defensible reporting across jurisdictions. The most pressing compliance obligation is the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which takes effect in June 2026 and applies to any organizations with EU-based employees, significantly raising the stakes for multinational employers.

The details

The strategic partnership combines Trusaic's expertise in navigating international transparency mandates with gradar's leading analytical job evaluation engine, providing a seamless path to pay transparency compliance for global enterprises. The combined offering enables organizations to define work of equal value using a rigorous, defensible methodology, conduct statistically robust pay equity analyses across regions, align job architecture with regulatory reporting requirements, and access ongoing expert consultation to navigate complex, evolving compliance frameworks.

  • The EU Pay Transparency Directive takes effect in June 2026.

The players

Trusaic

The global leader in pay equity and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance software.

gradar

A leading job evaluation and compensation platform.

Robert Sheen

The founder and CEO of Trusaic.

Philipp Schuch

The founder and CEO of gradar.

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What they’re saying

“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.”

— Robert Sheen, Founder and CEO of Trusaic (PRNewswire)

“Our partnership with Trusaic brings together two complementary strengths: gradar's rigorous, defensible job architecture and Trusaic's market-leading pay equity analytics. 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.”

— Philipp Schuch, Founder and CEO of gradar (PRNewswire)

The takeaway

This partnership between Trusaic and gradar provides a comprehensive solution for global enterprises to build transparent, defensible pay programs that can withstand increasing regulatory scrutiny around pay equity and transparency, particularly in light of the upcoming EU Pay Transparency Directive.