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"I was hoping these proposals would stimulate the reduction of social gaps between the European citizens. Unfortunately, the package only faces us with another gap, the one between good intentions and the necessary instruments for achieving them.
This also happens where there is a European regulation requiring Member States to take action.
An example is the wage discrimination against women in the labour market. There is legislation in this field, repeated commitments, yet without any improvement over the last eight years. Even supposing that employers had understood the economic advantages of correct payment and their legal obligations, difficulties are insurmountable. A system of non-discriminatory labour assessment to represent the common criterion for comparing different activities is missing. Without it, the principle of equal pay for work of equal value remains an illusion, as well as the reduction of the industry gap.
Job classification systems are defective, if they exist. We already have Court decisions admitting that, by using physical work as a basis, they ignore various abilities required for labour and create discriminations.
The method of open coordination has praiseworthy social objectives, but even the indicators measuring some of these objectives are missing from the list of common indicators.
The conclusion is sad: the lack of interest in gender issues is equalled only by the lack of political will for effective common regulations in the labour market."@en1
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