Translation of "Salaire égal pour travail de valeur comparable " (French → English) :

37. Stresses the need for awareness-raising activities in order to inform employers and employees of the link between gender stereotypes and the gender pay and job gap, to inform other stakeholders in society of the fact that gender stereotypes reduce women’s opportunities both on the labour market and in their private lives, to encourage transparency in public and private companies and agencies, and to guarantee equal pay for equal work and work of equal value; ...[+++]

Considering the specially vulnerable situation of third-country national seasonal workers and the temporary nature of their assignment, there is a need to provide effective protection of the rights of third-country national seasonal workers, also in the social security field, to check regularly for compliance and to fully guarantee respect for the principle of equal treatment with workers who are nationals of the host Member State, abiding by the concept of the same pay for the same work in the same workplace, by applying collective agreements and other arrangements on working conditions which have been concluded at any level or for whic ...[+++]h there is statutory provision, in accordance with national law and practice, under the same terms as to nationals of the host Member State.

38. Notes the forthcoming presentation of a communication setting out a road map for gender equality and underlines the fact that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value was introduced thirty years ago by Directive 75/117/EC; recalls the Lisbon objective of achieving a female employment rate of 60% by 2010;

H. whereas, among other factors, as a result of labour market policies seeking to do away with the principle and practice of collective bargaining, wages are now more frequently negotiated on an individual basis and this contributes to the lack of information and transparency in employee wage structure, creating an environment where gender bias and discriminatory pay structures remain hidden from employees and/or their representatives and are therefore extremely difficult to prove, thus hampering the effective implementation of the equal pay for equal work principle, which is also hindered by the lack of ...[+++]legal certainty regarding the concept of work of equal value and by procedural obstacles;

15. Stresses that the pay gap between women and men remains stable at 16% in the 25-member EU, which clearly shows that there has been no real progress in the implementation of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, which was introduced 30 years ago by Directive 75/117/EC; calls on the Commission to carry out a study on how and to what extent Member States actually apply the 'acquis' in the area of equality;

In accordance with settled case-law of the Court of Justice, in order to assess whether workers are performing the same work or work of equal value, it should be determined whether, having regard to a range of factors including the nature of the work and training and working conditions, those workers may be considered to be in a comparable situation ...[+++].