On Thursday, 17 March, MEPs on the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) supported by a large majority (65 votes in favour, 16 against, and 10 abstentions) lowering the employee threshold for companies that are covered by the directive on equal pay for equal work.
All compromise amendments—derived from the recent agreement struck between rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs (see EUROPE B12905A12)—were adopted. Thus, EU companies with at least 50 employees...