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"Addressing the unequal pay gap is an aspiration as old as the European Community itself, yet we still have an average pay gap of 16% between men and women, with Ireland faring just slightly less badly, at over 14%.
Equal pay for equal work was enshrined in the founding treaties over 60 years ago, and an equal pay directive was put in place in 1975 and recast a decade ago. This is not just a matter of principle, equality and justice. This baseless pay discrimination between men and women for the same kind of work entails compounded losses in income and pension rights over a woman’s contributory lifetime. And that is without counting the increased periods women spend out of the work or in part-time work, performing unpaid work as mothers or carers for other dependent relatives, or housework.
At best, this represents a blatant, unjustified and mounting loss of income compared with male colleagues but, for the least advantaged women, it means a higher risk of poverty and greater propensity to fall ill due to the unrecognised, unremunerated forms of work.
Member States are simply failing to apply the law. We want it to include sanctions, and to see the Commission treating this with the seriousness that is invested in other policy areas, such as anti-trust law, for example."@en1
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