Gender pay gap and under-representation of women in decision-making positions: UWE decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights

The aim of this article is to present the decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights concerning collective complaints, lodged by University Women of Europe (UWE) against 15 European states, in which the issues of the gender pay gap and gender imbalance in decision-making positions within p...

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Autor principal: Kresal, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8108430/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12027-021-00664-8
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spelling pubmed-81084302021-05-11 Gender pay gap and under-representation of women in decision-making positions: UWE decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights Kresal, Barbara ERA Forum Article The aim of this article is to present the decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights concerning collective complaints, lodged by University Women of Europe (UWE) against 15 European states, in which the issues of the gender pay gap and gender imbalance in decision-making positions within private companies were raised. The Committee assessed compliance with the right to equal pay and the right to equal opportunities in the workplace and clarified the requirements stemming from the European Social Charter in this respect. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-05-10 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8108430/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12027-021-00664-8 Text en © @ ERA 2021, corrected publication 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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