On Tuesday, the European Commission announced it will “soon propose binding measures on pay transparency.” Commenting on the development, ETUC Deputy General Secretary Esther Lynch said: 

“It’s good news that the Commission has committed to ‘soon’ publish binding pay transparency measures. But women workers need to know how soon is soon?

“Women will be relieved that the Commission has recommitted itself to ‘binding pay transparency measures’ after waiting more than three times as long for them as was promised by President von der Leyen. 

“We now await a strong directive with measures that will genuinely end the undervaluing of work done by women like the carers and cleaners who have kept us safe during the Covid crisis.”

The Commission’s announcement comes a week after the ETUC sought to speed-up delivery of the measures by publishing our own legally robust model directive.

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