COMPANIES NEED NEGOTIATED EQUALITY PROGRAMMES, SAY MEPS.

• Position: Brief article

Large companies should be compelled to draw up and implement negotiated equality programmes' in order to ensure that women receive fair treatment in the workplace, according to MEPs in a report adopted on 17 January. The programmes are perceived as one solution to addressing gender barriers that still impede women's progress in industry, such as disparities in the distribution of highly qualified job assignments and the gender pay gap. The report also notes that, at present, collective agreements concluded between employers and employees...