Article 10Joint pay assessment

1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that employers who are subject to pay reporting pursuant to Article 9 conduct, in cooperation with their workers’ representatives, a joint pay assessment where all the following conditions are met:

(a)

the pay reporting demonstrates a difference in the average pay level between female and male workers of at least 5 % in any category of workers;

(b)

the employer has not justified such a difference in the average pay level on the basis of objective, gender-neutral criteria;

(c)

the employer has not remedied such an unjustified difference in the average pay level within six months of the date of submission of the pay reporting.

2. The joint pay assessment shall be carried out in order to identify, remedy and prevent differences in pay between female and male workers which are not justified on the basis of objective, gender-neutral criteria, and shall include the following:

(a)

an analysis of the proportion of female and male workers in each category of workers;

(b)

information on average female and male workers’ pay levels and complementary or variable components for each category of workers;

(c)

any differences in average pay levels between female and male workers in each category of workers;

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