In accordance with what had been announced (see our dispatch n° 070577) the Commission published, on July 18, its communication entitled "Fight the wage gap between men and women" in which it proposes action tracks to reduce this gap, evaluate the common disposal's efficiency in this matter and to associate several role players to the fight against these inequalities. (Ref. 070648)
Statistics have not evolved for a few years in the European union: in average, women still earn about 15% less than men do. However, variations in the wage gap are important in between member states, going from 4% for Malta to 25% for Estonia and Cyprus. A high wage gap usually comes hand in hand with a large segregation of the labour market (notably in Cyprus, Estonia, Slovakia and Finland) or an important appeal to women working part-time (in Denmark, in Great Britain, in the Netherlands, in Austria and in Sweden.)
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