The European Union is making increasing efforts towards the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women. The result of this initiative is also the adoption of a directive, which is primarily focused on the transparency of remuneration in labor relations.

The problem of different financial evaluation of men and women is still present even today. And this despite the numerous efforts of European as well as national legislators to eliminate it. Men in the same positions generally receive a higher wage than their female colleagues for the same work or work of the same value. In addition, employee awareness of the level of wages is still somewhat of a taboo subject, which only contributes to the aforementioned status quo. Recent developments and approval of the European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) no. 2023/970 of 10 May 2023, which strengthens the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms, suggests that change is on the horizon.

Read the entire article in .týždeň magazine: The groundbreaking directive is supposed to prevent the pay gap between men and women