PSG’s wage-gap sanction upheld at €2.7m

Paris’s Administrative Court has upheld a financial penalty against PSG for not meeting the professional equality index requirements between women and men prior to 2024, according to a ruling consulted by RMC Sport (AFP).

The decision was issued on June 25 and keeps the €2.7m fine, after Île-de-France’s Labour Inspectorate had imposed it in March 2024. At that time, the penalty was set at 0.5% of 2022 revenue, totalling €2,728,468.

Court confirms after appeal

As described in the AFP-sourced ruling, PSG recorded insufficient results on the index for three consecutive years before 2024. The focus is the indicator on the share of women among the club’s top ten salaries.

PSG appealed, arguing that football clubs have “specific” structural factors. In a statement to AFP, the club said: “The indicator on the representation of women among the top ten salaries clashes with the structural characteristics of men’s professional football…”, because players’ wages mechanically take the highest spots, limiting the club’s room for action regardless of its HR policies.

What happens next

The court rejected PSG’s appeal. The piece notes that the “entirety of income”, including that of professional players, was validated as the basis for calculating the indicator. PSG said it “took note of the court decision and will continue its actions to strengthen professional equality”.

More broadly, the article adds that France’s equality index was stable in 2026 versus 2025, but there remains “significant room for improvement” for women’s representation among senior management, based on March figures from the Ministry of Labour.