FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Gender equality

Proposal for directive on pay transparency leaves employers’ and trade union organisations sceptical

Brussels, 04/03/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 4 March, the European Commission unveiled its proposal for a directive aimed at introducing binding European standards on wage transparency. Standards that it hopes will “strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women”.

The text presented differs slightly from the preliminary draft detailed earlier in our columns (see EUROPE B12664A1), but the main measures have, for the most part, remained unchanged.

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