ETUC wants information on equal treatment

Europe

The ETUC is asking for views on the impact of the 2002 European Directive on equal treatment of men and women so that it can feed them to the European Commission. It wants information on positive and negative experiences in the implementation process and the way social partners were or were not involved. It also would like to know whether the implementation has helped to promote social dialogue between social partners with a view to fostering equal treatment; an obligation to encourage social partners to promote equality between men and women; and an obligation to encourage employers to promote equal treatment for men and women in the workplace in a planned and systematic way. Please also send any views you might have on the application of the Directive and in particular its provisions on pregnancy and maternity, harassment and sexual harassment, assistance to victims of discrimination and equality bodies established by/via the Directive. Please reply by 20 March to [email protected] and [email protected]

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