ETUC action highlights need for legislation on gender pay gap

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The ETUC used an event in Brussels on 25 February to underline the need for legislation to end pay secrecy clauses, deliver compulsory annual pay audits and the right for workers to request gender pay information from their employers. While information helps, the ETUC also stresses that it is not enough to end inequality in pay and that a directive is needed to empower women workers and their unions to negotiate the changes needed  to ensure equal pay in the workplace. Representatives of EPSU joined the action.

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