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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9471
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social

Commission takes action to bridge gender pay gap

Brussels, 18/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 18 July, the European Commission approved a communication on bridging the gender pay gap, covering all forms of discrimination, direct and indirect, and all the inequalities affecting women in the labour market and influencing their pay. In the EU, women continue to earn an average of 15% less than men. This situation has barely changed over the past decade, despite the principle of equality of treatment being part of the 1957 Treaty of...

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