Democratising Job Evaluation and Pay Equity.
AI-driven job evaluation method and pay equity audit. The expertise of an Job Evaluation & Compensation Expert, made available to every company. Aligned with the EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970. Convertible to Korn Ferry Hay, Mercer IPE, and Willis Towers Watson.
The Problem
Job evaluation is broken for everyone except the consultants.
Korn Ferry Hay, Mercer IPE, Willis Towers Watson. All excellent methodologies. All locked behind €50,000 to €150,000 consulting projects, methodology licences, and trained internal evaluators. Out of reach for most companies.
Meanwhile, the EU Pay Transparency Directive is now law. From 2026, companies must report gender pay gaps by worker category. From 2027, employees can request comparator data. If your job evaluation is not defensible, your pay equity is not defensible.
The status quo creates three failures:
- 1
Inconsistent grading
Roles graded by intention, gut, or politics. Not by content.
- 2
Pay gaps that are real but unexplained
You have a number. You cannot defend it.
- 3
Methodology lock-in
You stay tied to whoever graded you last time.
EMEK breaks all three.
The Method
A modern, equity-first job evaluation framework. Designed by senior HR practitioners, validated on live cases across multiple methodologies in parallel.
EU-aligned
Built around the four factors of Directive 2023/970: skills, effort, responsibility, working conditions.
Transparent
Every score traceable to job content evidence. No black boxes.
Convertible
Outputs map directly to Korn Ferry Hay, Mercer, and Willis Towers Watson grades. You do not lose your previous methodology.
Auditable
Full evaluation trail. Defensible against challenge.
The four factors of EMEK
EMEK evaluates every role across four factors, each scored on two dimensions, mapped one-to-one to the criteria of EU Directive 2023/970.
1. LEVERAGE. Responsibility.
How much the role matters to the organisation. Dimensions: Scope and Agency.
2. CAPABILITY. Skills.
The depth of knowledge and context of application. Dimensions: Depth and Application.
3. ORCHESTRATION. Effort.
The cognitive demand and integration challenge. Dimensions: Complexity and Integration.
4. INFLUENCE. Communication.
How the role communicates and its audience. Dimensions: Reach and Mode.
Working Conditions Adjustment
A separate adjustment captures roles with elevated physical, psychological, schedule, or environmental demands.
The Working Conditions Adjustment increases the final score for jobs operating under genuinely challenging conditions, ensuring fairness for frontline, shift-based, and high-exposure roles.
Pay Equity. EU Directive 2023/970.
Compliance is the floor. Defensibility is the goal. EMEK delivers explainable numbers, justified by objective criteria.
Pay Equity Score (PES)
Your single-number health check by worker category.
Gender pay gap analysis
Total and adjusted, with statistical significance.
JPA trigger check
Are you over the 5% threshold defined in Article 9?
Action plan
Prioritised remediation steps with cost impact.
Complete Audit Trail
All reporting categories, calculated and ready for your next disclosure.
How It Works
Two paths. Both fast. Both defensible.
Path A: Full EMEK Evaluation
For companies with no current job evaluation, or one they want to retire. Upload JDs, confirm context, and receive a clean architecture.
- Upload job descriptions
- Salary range proposals
Path B: Convert System
Already using Hay, Mercer, or WTW? Upload your grades. EMEK converts them, preserving structure while giving transparency.
- Upload current grades
- Preserve legacy structures
Upload Data
HR file & JDs, or existing grades.
EMEK Runs
Automated evaluation or conversion.
Quality Report
What's clean, what needs attention.
Results
Grades, PES, Action plan, Excel.
Days, not months. Without a consultant in the room.
Express Mode
PilotSelf-serve. SME-priced. SaaS. Built for HR teams who want to run pay equity audits in-house and ahead of the EU Directive.
Limited customer onboarding
We're currently onboarding a select number of pilot customers. Register your interest for priority access to the Express Mode platform.
Ready to lead the future of Pay Equity?
Book a demo to see how EMEK can transform your job evaluation process and ensure total compliance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive.