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Equal pay for equal work between men and women (pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms)

2021/0050(COD)·9th term·EMPL / FEMM·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Work, employment, wages and salaries: equal opportunities women and men, and for all
Rapporteurs (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): RAFAELA Samira (Renew), PETER-HANSEN Kira Marie (Verts/ALE)
Summary

Proposed directive on equal pay for equal work between men and women, including pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms. Several amendments reject the Commission proposal, citing subsidiarity, proportionality and the European Parliamentary Research Service appraisal, while others address penalties and sanctions for infringements, employer obligations, monitoring or equality bodies, and ground equal-pay rights in the TFEU, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Court of Justice case-law.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    26 Oct 2021
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    5 Apr 2022 · On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
  3. Plenary vote — Passed
    30 Mar 2023 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 172
  4. Procedure completed
943
Amendments
distinct, in window
105
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
26 Oct 2021
Dates

Plenary votes

4 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

GroupShift
EPPAgainst52%For73%Against → For
S&DFor100%For100%consistent
RenewFor75%For85%consistent
Greens/EFAFor100%For100%consistent
ECRAgainst81%Abstained67%Against → Abstained
The LeftFor97%For90%consistent
IDFor42%For40%consistent
Non-attachedAgainst46%Against50%consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

  1. Show the 1 earlier votes
    1. 5 Apr 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
      On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
      Official label: Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles · what was voted ↗
      403 for166 against58 abstentions78 did not vote
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      Abst.

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  2. 30 Mar 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On a procedural request on the vote
    Official label: Demande de vote sur les amendements au projet d'acte législatif · what was voted ↗
    124 for440 against12 abstentions129 did not vote
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    Against
    Abst.

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  3. 30 Mar 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On a motion to reject the proposal — the Commission proposal (the draft law) — amendment 174
    Official label: Proposition de rejet de la proposition de la Commission - Am 174 · what was voted ↗
    59 for453 against69 abstentions124 did not vote
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    Abst.

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  4. 30 Mar 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 172
    Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 172 · what was voted ↗
    427 for79 against76 abstentions123 did not vote
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    Against
    Abst.

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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE699.041 ↗PE699.048 ↗PE699.049 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

105 Members · by amendment count
1🇪🇸
Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
Patriots for Europe · Spain
139(139 solo)
2🇦🇹
Evelyn REGNER
Socialists & Democrats · Austria
121
3🇱🇺
Marc ANGEL
Socialists & Democrats · Luxembourg
120
4🇸🇰
Monika BEŇOVÁ
Non-attached · Slovakia
119
5🇵🇹
Manuel PIZARRO
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
119
6🇸🇮
Milan BRGLEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Slovenia
119
7🇳🇱
Agnes JONGERIUS
Socialists & Democrats · Netherlands
119
8🇩🇪
Maria NOICHL
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
118
9🇩🇪
Gabriele BISCHOFF
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
117
10🇱🇹
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ
Socialists & Democrats · Lithuania
117
11🇵🇹
Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
114
12🇲🇹
Alex AGIUS SALIBA
Socialists & Democrats · Malta
114
13🇳🇱
Vera TAX
Socialists & Democrats · Netherlands
114
14🇫🇷
Aurore LALUCQ
Socialists & Democrats · France
114
15🇮🇹
Brando BENIFEI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
114
16🇮🇹
Alessandra MORETTI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
110
17🇮🇹
Elisabetta GUALMINI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
110
18🇮🇹
Pina PICIERNO
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
110
19🇮🇹
Pierfrancesco MAJORINO
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
110
20🇵🇱
Robert BIEDROŃ
Socialists & Democrats · Poland
110
21🇪🇸
Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
109
22🇪🇸
Lina GÁLVEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
109
23🇪🇸
Alicia HOMS GINEL
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
109
24🇦🇹
Lukas MANDL
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
106
25🇦🇹
Angelika WINZIG
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
106

The amendments, in full text

943 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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