The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) chose 04 November i.e. European Equal Pay Day, to present its own draft directive to "strengthen equality between women and men through equal pay". In this way the ETUC is putting the spotlight on the topic, as well as pointing out how slow the European Commission has been in terms of moving on this issue. After several postponements, and if it keeps to its revised schedule, the European Commission can be expected to present a draft directive on 15 December.
In her Agenda for Europe, EU Commission President von der Leyen committed to taking an initiative on gender pay transparency within the first 100 days of her presidency. However, almost a year later, and the ETUC is still waiting for this initiative. It has consequently published its own draft directive to ‘protest over the delay’, ‘get the process back on track’, and motivate the European Commission. The European Executive has committed to presenting its draft directive on 15 December.
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