On 30 March 2023 and at a time when the gender wage gap is still at 13% in the European Union, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour (427 in support and 79 against) of the directive "aimed at reinforcing the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work."
More than two years after the European Commission initially presented the text, the EU Parliament definitively adopted the pay transparency directive during a plenary session on 30 March. It now remains for the European Council to validate the text, after which it will eventually apply to organisations (public and private) with more than 100 employees, and should promote equal pay for women and men by prohibiting differences that are not based on ‘objective criteria.’ Above all, it...
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR