Gender-based violence, an escort for women who report abuse. Bonetti: “We are evaluating with Cartabia and Lamorgese”
The Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family Elena Bonetti stated that the proposal for an escort for women who report violence could materialize. He told Radio Capital: “It is a very interesting proposal, I am collaborating with Minister Gelmini, and we are evaluating this measure with the Ministers Cartabia and Lamorgese to give an effective response to a phenomenon that has had an unacceptable and dramatic aggravation”.
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Equal pay: “Historical result rating”
The minister then continued on the hot topic of the vote on equal pay and opportunities in the workplace, unanimously approved in the Chamber, and now under consideration in the Senate. “The vote on equal pay it is a historic result, important within a path that we are implementing concrete actions, which finally give our country that complete gender equality that is needed not only for women but really for the development of all “.” It is a an important law – Bonetti underlined – which provides for transparency on the part of companies with respect to wages, the salaries they pay, which must be equal between women and men “.
Pay parity ratingTwo days ago there law on equal pay and opportunities in the workplace it was unanimously approved in the House. The unified text signed by Chiara Gribaudo (Pd) provides for changes to the code on equal opportunities between men and women in the workplace, in order to reduce the ‘gender pay gap’ in salaries. It will now be submitted to the Senate for consideration. The proposal calls for the extension of the obligation to draw up the report on the personnel situation also to companies, public and private, which have more than 50 employees. Also including new tools that favor work-life balance. From 1 January 2022, the certification of gender equality will then be introduced: a certificate that will have to evaluate the measures taken by employers to reduce the gap on career opportunities, wages and management policies. |
“There is another measure – he added – just as important that I care a lot, which is part of one of the projects of the NRP: the introduction of certification for gender equality for business. A clear and transparent tool that highlights the policies that companies have to promote female careers, female leadership, to ensure equal treatment for women and men, and on this will also be introduced elements of reward. A gap had to be filled and this step is important. There are two elements: first of all an element of injustice. Today women with equal roles are often paid less than men. The other equally important element is that women have less access than men to top positions in the world of work, and therefore to higher paid ones. Both measures combine to create an income inequality which then puts women in a position to leave their jobs more easily in the face of family difficulties. It is a non-virtuous circle that continues to penalize women’s work. Among other things, we have clear data: if we put in place, as we are starting to do, all those measures to achieve full gender equality, economically our country would have a huge advantage: we are talking about about 10 points of GDP. “concluded Bonetti.