Translation of "Indemnité visant à assurer la parité salariale " (French → English) :

This Directive lays down measures to ensure a more balanced representation of men and women among the directors of listed companies and large public undertakings by establishing measures aimed at accelerated progress towards gender balance while allowing companies sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements.

8. Firmly emphasises that corporate management and remuneration policies must be sound and responsible and comply with the principles of wage parity and equal treatment of women and men, in accordance with the EU provisions in force; calls on the Commission to bring forward measures to ensure more balanced representation of women on boards of directors, with the aim of achieving at least 40% representation of each gender by 2020;

The committee recommends that the federal government address the need of First Nations and Inuit seniors and their communities, including the need for more and improved housing; increased attention to safe drinking water, diet, foot care, and other diabetic needs; measures to ensure wage parity among providers; increased home care and hospice palliative care services; more support for informal caregivers; the removal of the funding cap for the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program; and measures to fully integrate the range of programs currently available to seniors on First Nations reserves and in Inuit communities —

Neither are we getting what exists in Quebec, which is a specific legal regime obliging employers to follow certain steps, to adopt pay equity, to have pay equity committees, and to have pay equity systems in place.

We are bringing forward legislation that will protect the pay equity of women who are working for the federal civil service.

18. Calls for a multifaceted strategy from European institutions, Member States and the Social Partners to tackle the full range of causes of the persistent gender pay, including a European equal pay target to reduce the pay gap by 10% in each Member State to ensure equal payment for women and men for the same work and for the same qualifications, and welcomes the Commission's initiative of launching a European Equal Pay Day (EEPD); regrets that no legislative proposal has been put forward by the Commission since the adoption of the European Parliament resolution of 18 November 2008 and its recommendations;