Transparency of Wages: the Start of a French Law
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Transposition of a European directive which should have been implemented since June, the text presented to the Council of Ministers on Thursday, 10 September, provokes opposition from employers, in a country where women earn on average 22% less than men in the private sector.
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On Thursday, the Minister of Labour presented his draft law on the transposition of the European directive on pay transparency, which has been due for the last three years to increase transparency on pay and help to reduce the wage gap between women and men.
A European directive on wage transparency arrives this Thursday in the Council of Ministers. This text, criticized by the employers, was originally to be transposed on 7 June, but France has missed the deadline. Nevertheless, some companies have decided to take the lead, with various devices from which they draw a first balance sheet. - "On the employee side, it avoids fantasies": these companies that already apply wage transparency (Pro and emp…
Over the past three years, the text, which transposes a European directive, reinforces the obligations of companies with regard to equality between men and women, and it has yet to be adopted by Parliament.
While the European directive on wage transparency is emerging, some French companies have already introduced open pay systems, with contrasting reactions.
The draft law to transpose the European directive on wage transparency is due to be presented to the Council of Ministers on 10 September.For the economist Séverine Lemière, France must take up new criteria for comparison in order to move towards more equality between men and women.
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