From compliance to competence: prepare your managers for new salary discussions

February 12, 2026
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From compliance to competence: prepare your managers for new salary discussions

On February 10, NUMA launched its first HR Morning of the year, focusing on a topic that will profoundly transform HR practices: salary transparency, with a view to the European directive that will come into force in June 2026.

This is no longer a theoretical debate.

Employees ask questions, compare, and request explanations. Managers must respond. HR must establish a clear, fair, and defensible framework over time.

To discuss this in concrete terms, we brought our HR community together for a breakfast meeting followed by a roundtable discussion with:

  • Vincent Cano, Chief People Officer at Alma
  • Victor Ribeiro, HR Director at VINCI Construction
  • Tristan Blasselle, Compensation & Benefits Director at Doctolib

Three organizations, three different contexts, and the same challenge: making salary policy more transparent without undermining internal cohesion.

What we discussed

1. Anticipate Directive 2026 now

What specific obligations are coming? What structural adjustments are necessary? What are the risks if discrepancies or practices are not clarified in advance?

2. Prepare managers to discuss salary

How can you turn a meeting that is perceived as "sensitive" into a structured and calm conversation? How can you explain the criteria, decisions, room for maneuver, and constraints? What tools and benchmarks should you share to avoid improvisation?

3. Align HR, L&D, and COMEX

How can we build a coherent trajectory? What skills should we develop? How can we ensure a consistent message across all levels of the organization?

Key takeaways from the morning session

  • Prepare the ground before opening up: clarify the rules, formalize the criteria, and harmonize management practices before talking about transparency.
  • Choose a sustainable level of transparency: one that the organization can actually maintain over time, not just on paper.
  • Equip managers in advance: key messages, common vocabulary, decision-making framework, to prevent salary discussions from becoming stressful moments.

Salary transparency cannot be imposed. It must be prepared, structured, and above all, discussed.

Want to know more? The event report is now available via this download form.

On February 10, NUMA launched its first HR Morning of the year, focusing on a topic that will profoundly transform HR practices: salary transparency, with a view to the European directive that will come into force in June 2026.

This is no longer a theoretical debate.

Employees ask questions, compare, and request explanations. Managers must respond. HR must establish a clear, fair, and defensible framework over time.

To discuss this in concrete terms, we brought our HR community together for a breakfast meeting followed by a roundtable discussion with:

  • Vincent Cano, Chief People Officer at Alma
  • Victor Ribeiro, HR Director at VINCI Construction
  • Tristan Blasselle, Compensation & Benefits Director at Doctolib

Three organizations, three different contexts, and the same challenge: making salary policy more transparent without undermining internal cohesion.

What we discussed

1. Anticipate Directive 2026 now

What specific obligations are coming? What structural adjustments are necessary? What are the risks if discrepancies or practices are not clarified in advance?

2. Prepare managers to discuss salary

How can you turn a meeting that is perceived as "sensitive" into a structured and calm conversation? How can you explain the criteria, decisions, room for maneuver, and constraints? What tools and benchmarks should you share to avoid improvisation?

3. Align HR, L&D, and COMEX

How can we build a coherent trajectory? What skills should we develop? How can we ensure a consistent message across all levels of the organization?

Key takeaways from the morning session

  • Prepare the ground before opening up: clarify the rules, formalize the criteria, and harmonize management practices before talking about transparency.
  • Choose a sustainable level of transparency: one that the organization can actually maintain over time, not just on paper.
  • Equip managers in advance: key messages, common vocabulary, decision-making framework, to prevent salary discussions from becoming stressful moments.

Salary transparency cannot be imposed. It must be prepared, structured, and above all, discussed.

Want to know more? The event report is now available via this download form.

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