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"IF I WERE A MEP"
DOSSIER and Proposal template
Topic Gender Equality
Country United Kingdom
Political group European People’s Party
Subtopic
description Gender Pay Gap
Political position
on topic The EPP wants genders to be equal including wages as many women don’t get as much
money as men. As men and women have equal rights and this should be reflected in all
policies.
Proposal
description EU law dictates that “ Each Member State shall ensure that the principle of equal pay
for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied.” But this
is not the case in practice. There are considerable differences between EU countries,
with the gender pay gap ranging from less than 10% in Slovenia, Malta, Poland, Italy,
Luxembourg and Romania, to more than 20% in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic,
Germany and Austria, reaching 30% in Estonia.
We would like to make an addition to Article 157 and state that all countries must
ensure that their gender pay gap is reduced to a maximum of 5% by the year 2022.
Reference
Law/Act
Article 157 of the Treaty of the Functioning of European Union
Equal pay for equal work is one of the European Union’s founding principles. In line
with EU law, people who have suffered pay discrimination can take legal action without
fear of retaliation from their employer
Article 157
Each Member State shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female
workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT
Useful
links
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ebs_465_infographic_gender_pay_gap.pdf
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/justice-and-fundamental-
rights/discrimination/gender-equality/equal-pay/gender-pay-gap-situation-
eu_en#factorsinfluencingthepaygap