Amidst applause, the European Parliament’s Employment (EMPL) and Gender Equality (FEMM) Committees approved the provisional compromise on the pay transparency directive (see EUROPE B13089A1) with 62 votes in favour, 8 against and no abstentions.
“We are finally securing the binding legislation needed to tackle pay discrimination”, said co-rapporteur Samira Rafaela (Renew Europe, Dutch). “We are making history: for the first time in European legislation, we have defined...