In the last months, we’ve spoken a lot about the pay transparency directive. By now, the Czech government has definitively failed to meet the deadline. Currently, the proposal for the Czech transposition is in the phase where all parties (union confederation, employers organization, …) have had the opportunity to write their commentary, and the government needs to reply to them.
In some way that is good news though, because the proposal, as it now stands, is insufficient. And you can still change that! We are inviting you to speak out and join our letter writing campaign. To make it easy, we have prepared a template and a list of email addresses. For the receivers, we have 3 categories:
- the current government: they obviously are responsible for the current proposal, and should hear from the people they represent what you think about it.
- non-government, possibly sympathetic members of parliament: they can propose amendments to the proposal, so let them know what you want them to change
- council & working group on gender equality: this body ought to give their expert opinion on the proposal, encourage them to not let this slide by
Feel free to add your own personal touch of course!
This directive will give workers tools to better gage their positions in the labor market, and force companies towards more transparency. In the current climate, especially with the havoc that AI is wrecking in our field, workers are getting more disempowered by the day. A tardy and weak implementation of this directive is sure to solidify that trend, and to gut our standing for the benefit of companies who have shown themselves as opportunistic at best. Make sure your voice is heard, mail those who have the power to change it.