EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Women’s rights

European Parliament approves compromise on ‘pay transparency’ directive

Brussels, 30/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament, meeting in plenary session, gave its green light, on Thursday 30 March, to the so-called ‘pay transparency’ directive (see EUROPE B13089A1) with 427 votes in favour, 79 against and 76 abstentions.

Samira Rafaela (Renew Europe, Dutch) and Kira Peter-Hansen (Greens/EFA, Danish), co-rapporteurs, welcomed a “huge achievement for gender equality”. By imposing pay transparency obligations on companies, the text aims to reduce the gender pay gap, which is...