This is the von der Leyen Commission’s first major initiative on gender equality: a proposal for a directive—finally expected on Wednesday 3 March (see EUROPE B12595A23)—requiring employers in the EU to be more transparent about pay.
A preliminary draft of the directive, a copy of which EUROPE has obtained, indicates this, in order to strengthen “application of the principle of equal pay between men and women for equal work or work of equal value” enshrined in Article 157 of...