INTERVIEW
Has there been progress on the issue of equal pay for women and men in the past year? After the publication of the first equal pay index last year, the 2020 version of this indicator developed by the government shows that "it is already making a real difference to the lives of women in business", assures Muriel Pénicaud on Europe 1, Thursday morning , day of the unveiling of this index.
The Maïf good student, Go Sport pointed out
"For example, on maternity leave, you know that when you return from this leave, you say 'we don't give her the increase because she hasn't been there for three months'. We found that was the time to get a salary and career, "said Minister Muriel Pénicaud at the microphone of Sonia Mabrouk. "Before the index, it was one in three companies that did not give an increase on leaving maternity leave. Now, 90% of companies that give an increase on exit."
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In this index, which will be made public by the government on Friday, 1,200 large companies are rated according to their respect for equal pay between women and men. And for this year, says Muriel Pénicaud, there are the "good students", like the Maïf or the Companions of Duty, "who are equal". There are also those who were not there [equality, Editor's note] but who have made great progress, such as Orange, La Française des Jeux, Nocibé ". And finally, the" bad students ", like Derichebourg, Go Sport. "