EU: MEPs demand the recast of the law on equal pay for men and women

In a report adopted on Tuesday, November 18 by a large majority, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to take initiatives to recast the law on equal pay and presents a series of recommendations for that purpose. (Ref. 080910)
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With 590 votes for and 23 against, the Parliament adopted, on Tuesday, November 18, the own-initiative report presented by the Slovakian MEP from the European People’s Party, Edith Bauer. In this document, the Euro-Assembly asks for a full recast of existing European laws on equal pay. Indeed, MEPs have observed extremely slow progress (the gender pay gap has only gone from 17% in 1995 to 15% in 2005) even though Europe started working on this issue over thirty years ago. They are calling on th

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