Luxembourg, 08/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU Employment and Social Affairs Council on 8 October, chaired by Laurette Onkelinx, Belgian Employment Minister, and Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian Social Affairs Minister, formally adopted the status of the European company and held a terse debate (first between Ministers and then with the social partners in the Standing Employment Committee) on the quality of employment, focusing in particular on the gap between male and female pay. Over dinner,...