Din June next year We will have the right to know how much on average the colleagues who do our own work earnin our own company. Which does not mean being able to know exactly the remuneration of the desk neighbor, but it is certainly a step forward. The information can be provided, on request, also distinct for genres (to find out if the gender pay gap exists). As, We women can finally know if and how underestimated we are compared to men, with the same qualification and work commitment.
In Europe, today we earn on average 13 percent less for now worked. It could be the beginning of the end of the gender pay gap, wage discrimination. Surely the novelty will be a harbinger of big stomach acids. But it should involve greater transparency and a certain equity in the management of human resources.
All this is the consequence of the application of a 2023 European directive which establishes that the workers and workers (and their union representatives) have the right to receive information on the average pay levels, also divided by gender, relating to the categories of workers who do the same work or a work of equal value.
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The employer will not be able to pretend nothing, having to provide an answer within two months from the date on which the request was submitted. And if the information is inaccurate or incomplete, you can return to the office to obtain greater explanations. Companies have until June 7, 2026 to adaptafter which the sanctions and the obligation to demonstrate that they have not implemented discrimination will be signed.
Gender Pay Gap at the terminus?
But one thing must be clear from now on: The company can continue to apply different wage treatments between workers But, to do so, he will have to clarify the criteria on the basis of which he has decided to apply such remuneration policy.
Gender equality still distant in Europe. But this blocks the economy and competitiveness of the Union (Photo Getty Images).
This means that The standard only marks the beginning of a new chapter of the battle. And that may be successful only if, in all these years in which we have fought for wage equality, we will also have acquired the awareness that asking what we are due is a right. Not a graceful hope.
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