The European Parliament is calling for mandatory measures to be taken against the gender pay gap by voting for Vox and Feijóo against PP.

The European Parliament calls for mandatory transparency measures against the gender pay gap. Indeed, the European Parliament wants, in a negotiating mandate approved this Tuesday, that companies with at least 50 employees be forced to be transparent about their payroll policies and take action if there is a difference between men and women. And it did so against the ballot popular The Spaniards, already under the leadership of Alberto Nunez Feio for 72 hours, are also the extreme right-wingers of Vox.

Thus, the Strasbourg Plenary Session was supported by 403 votes – Socialists, Greens, Liberals, Leftists and a half. popular The Europeans, including the Spaniard Pilar del Castillo–, 166 against – the second half popular Including the Spanish far-right PP, plus ID (Le Pen) and ECR (Vox) – and 58 abstained from starting negotiations with EU governments. Commission proposal on a Remuneration Transparency Directive.

MEPs in the approved position demand that companies with at least 50 employees be required to publish information that will make it easier for employees to compare salaries and show possible gender differences in salaries. Remuneration level assessment and comparison tools should be based on gender-neutral criteria and include gender-neutral job evaluation and classification systems.

If payroll information indicates a gender gap of at least 2.5% (compared to 5% proposed by the European Commission), national authorities should ensure that companies, in collaboration with workers’ representatives, conduct joint payroll analysis and develop a gender action plan.

Parliament proposes to the European Commission to create a certificate to distinguish companies that do not have a gender pay gap.

No salary secrecy

The Parliamentary negotiating mandate stipulates that workers and their representatives should have the right to receive clear and complete information on the level of individual and average pay, by gender. MEPs also want to end wage secrecy, ban contract clauses aimed at restricting an employee from disclosing pay information or finding information about him or her or other categories of workers.

The European Parliament supports the Commission’s proposal to reimburse the burden of proof on remuneration. In the event that an employee realizes that the principle of equal pay does not apply and goes to court, the company decides to demonstrate the absence of discrimination.

From now on, the parliament has a position to start negotiations with the Council of the European Union – the governments, which stated its position in December. The principle of equal pay is enshrined in Article 157 of the EU Treaty. However, in the EU there is still a wage gap, averaging around 13%, albeit with significant variations between member states and only after a minimal reduction over the last ten years.