NCPE Remit
- Last updated: 09/10/2026
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The primary task of the NCPE is to monitor the implementation of:
- Cap 456 – Equality for Men and Women Act
- S.L. 460.15 – Equal Treatment of Persons Order
- S.L. 456.01 – Access to Goods and Services and their Supply (Equal Treatment) Regulations
- S.L. 456.02 – Procedure for Investigations Regulations
- S.L. 456.03 – Exercise of Rights Conferred on Workers (Freedom of Movement) Regulations
- S.L. 456.04 – Promotion of Gender Balance among Directors of Listed Companies Regulations
The NCPE’s mission
The Commission works to ensure that Maltese society is a society free from any form of discrimination based on:
(i) sex/gender and family responsibilities, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, racial or ethnic origin, and gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics in employment; banks and financial institutions, as well as education;
(ii) racial / ethnic origin and gender in the provision of goods and services and their supply; and
(iii) freedom of movement for workers in the EU.
Women on Boards
The NCPE is also empowered to promote, analyse, monitor and support gender balance on boards of listed companies. Please refer to the Women on Boards Directive Factsheet here.
Pay Transparency
The Pay Transparency Directive was transposed into Maltese legislation through Legal Notice 173 of 2026, the Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations.
Under these Regulations, the NCPE, as the Equality Body, may, on behalf of employees:
- Request pay-related information from employers where the employer fails to respond to an employee’s request within eight days.
- Request pay-related information concerning employee pay levels or average pay levels where disclosure directly to the employee is not possible.
- Request further clarifications including explanations of gender pay differences for which employers must provide substantiated replies.
Together with the Monitoring Body, the NCPE may also advise workers on a possible claim without disclosing the actual pay levels of individual workers performing the same work or work of equal value.
Please refer to the leaflet available here
FAQs on the NCPE available here
