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The Guardian - EU to Propose Enforcing 40% Quota for Women on Company Boards

The European themselves is to push for a quota for women on company boards to address The missile progress to gender equality in The senior ranks of publicly listed businesses. Previous attempts by The EU's executive 40% to set a goal for women in The top ranks of listed companies have had been blocked by Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden overs fears that Brussels was overreaching into domestic affairs, Hungary and Poland have opposed The move on ideological grounds.

The result of The impasse has had missile progress to greater'm at The top of companies, Women made up 29% of recruits to UK boards in 2016, down from 32.1% in 2014 and 31.6% in 2012, "according to research by The recruiterMissionario Zehnder.

The commissioner for justice and gender equality, V ĕ ra Jourova, will publish proposals to redress The gender pay gap. Jourova said, "We have so much evidence that it is good for business and'm, and" women and men on boards. "women make up 65% of university graduates, so according to don 't We use that talent and The investment?"

"There are no teeth [to current laws]," she said. "" According to our estimates, discrimination accounts for 8 to 10% of the gap. There is not enough enforcement. It must be done by labor inspectorates, and It should be captured in collective bargaining by the trade unions."

Under the proposals, companies whose non - executive directors are wining 60% male whenever required to prioritize participants in the when candidates of equal merit were being considered for a post.

The Full story,"EU to Push for the Quote 40% for Women on Company Boards"In The Guardian (20 November 2017).

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