Cyprus will be among those countries that will not have time until Sunday to incorporate the European directive in relation to the transparency of remuneration into national legislation. The same will happen with the majority of European countries, since according to a survey carried out by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), only three countries will manage to meet Sunday's deadline, despite being given one more year to implement it.
It is noted that the current pay secrecy clauses have allowed pay inequality to persist for almost 50 years, since the EU enshrined equality in the relevant legislation.
According to a survey by the European Trade Union Confederation, almost half of the member states have not yet even published a draft national law and about a quarter have plans, but they are not judged to be on track to complete the process until next year.
According to the ETUC survey, the situation on this issue with regard to the Member States is as follows: Integrated transposition: Slovakia, Italy, Lithuania. (It is not examined whether the legislation that has been enacted fully complies with the provisions of the European directive). Delayed, partial transfer: Poland, Czech Republic, Malta, Belgium. Delayed until 2027 – There is draft legislation: Netherlands, France, Denmark, Finland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece. No draft legislation published – No timetable: Ireland, Germany, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia. Opposition to transportation: Sweden
In an ETUC announcement, statements by the General Secretary of the organization Esther Lynch are published. Among other things, Ms. Lynch notes that "the failure to meet the Sunday deadline is a betrayal of working women and represents a shameful failure of the political leadership in the face of aggressive corporate lobbying.
The Commission has stood firm and rejected calls from employers to weaken the Directive and must ask governments to live up to their responsibilities in transposing the Directive. Maintaining secrecy hands all power to the employer and leaves women and their unions without the basic information they need to defend themselves," Ms Lynch concluded.
