2 Amendments of Edit BAUER related to 2011/2285(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas according to the latest provisional and incomplete figures women earn on average 17.16.4% less than men in the European Union and the gender pay gap varies between 3.21.9% and 30.927.6% in Member States, and whereas – despite the significant body of legislation in force for almost 40 years and the actions taken and resources spent on trying to reduce the gap3 – progress is extremely slow (the disparity at EU level was 17.7% in 2006, 187.6% in 2007, 17.4% in 2008, 16.9% in 20089 and 17.16.4% in 2009),10), while the gender pay gap could be higher as indicated as two Member States' data are still missing;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's Equal Pay Day initiative which was first established on 5 March 2011 and held for the second time on 2 March 2012;