Pending complaints
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work), 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between women and men with respect to remuneration) and 20 (Right to equal opportunities and treatment in employment and occupation without sex discrimination) in conjunction with Article E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter. The organisation complains that Finland fails to observe the principle of equal pay for women and men for equal, similar or comparable work in breach of the above-mentioned provisions.
Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 24 August 2016
Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility
Case-document no. 5, Submissions by the Government on the merits
Case-document no. 6, Observations by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Case-document no. 7, Response of the UWE to the Government's submissions on the merits
Case-document no. 8, Observations by EQUINET
Case-document no. 9, Further response from the Government on the merits
Case-document no.10, Observations by the European Commission
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 4 July 2017.
Decision on admissibility of Complaint 129/2016
Decision on the merits of Complaint 129/2016
Recommendation CM/RecChS(2021)6 of the Committee of Ministers of 17 March 2021
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