la Commission européenne a lancé le 11 janvier dernier une consultation publique sur les écarts de rémunérations entre les sexes (gender pay gap) – cf. communiqué de presse de la Commission ci-dessous : http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEX-19-344_en.htm?locale=FR

Cette consultation est ouverte à tous, et court jusqu’au 5 avril 2019. Le texte

Brussels, 11 January 2019

European Commission launches public consultation on EU rules guaranteeing equal pay between men and women

Today the European Commission is launching a public consultation to gather information on the impact of EU rules on equal pay. The principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ is enshrined in the EU’s Treaties, and EU law prohibits direct and indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex. The public consultation will gather input from citizens, public authorities, social partners, civil society and researchers to find ways to better implement and enforce the equal pay principle enshrined in the

Gender Equality Directive

and the

2014 Pay Transparency Recommendation

. Commissioner

Jourová,

EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality said:

“Women still earn on average 16.2% less than men in the EU. This is simply unfair. This inequality hasnot changed over the last several years. We need to work together to bring change and make sure this inequality becomes a thing of the past.” 

The public consultation is one of many actions of the European Commission’s

Action Plan to tackle the gender pay gap

, launched in November 2017. This action plan follows up on the

2014 Pay Transparency Recommendation

, which raised awareness on the gender pay gap and encouraged companies to revise their pay structures. However, the

2017 Implementation Report

of this Recommendation showed that in a third of Member States, transparency measures still do not exist. It also concluded that the persisting gender pay gap and this limited follow-up calls for possible further measures at EU level. Today’s public consultation will feed into this assessment. The consultation on EU legislation on equal pay is available

online

and is open until 5 April. More information on equal pay and the gender pay gap can be found

online

.

(For more information: Christian Wigand – Tel.: +32 229 62253; Mélanie Voin – Tel.:+32 229 58659)