lise Denjean 7:58 a.m., December 17, 2021, modified at 7:58 a.m., December 17, 2021
On Thursday, Parliament definitively adopted a majority bill aimed at restoring parity in management positions in companies with more than 1,000 employees.
At present, only 20% of positions on executive committees and management committees are held by women.
On Thursday, Parliament gave the green light to quotas for women at the head of large companies.
Proposed by the majority, the text was adopted definitively by a vote in the Senate.
Ten years ago, the Copé-Zimmermann law already imposed 40% of women on boards of directors.
An obligation that had not taken on managerial positions.
This is precisely what this new law rectifies.
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The text targets companies with more than 1,000 employees. From 2027, they must have at least 30% of women in their governing bodies before reaching 40% in 2030. The law provides for significant financial penalties in the event of non-compliance with regulations.
To date, there are around 20% of women on the management boards and executive committees of large companies.
It was therefore necessary to act, according to Claire Poirson lawyer and vice-president of the 2 GAP association which worked on this text.
"By placing quotas, we come back to rebalance an inequality that was still frozen in time since the Copé-Zimmermann law, which dates from 2011, which had provided for quotas in the boards of directors, did not streamed for the executive committees and management committees. There was something blocking, "she explains.
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From 2030, the companies concerned will be controlled by labor inspectors and will have to publish their differences in representation between women and men every year.
On the other hand, the text does not concern the civil service.