EU Project on Equal pay - holds next meeting in Copenhagen on the 29th of November
The European Project on Equal Pay offers support and tools to organisations wishing to work towards equal pay.
The project will on the 29th of November spread facts in Denmark during a conference held in Copenhagen:
Equal Pay is value adding
The achievement of equal pay between women and men for equal work and work of equal value is crucial to creativity and performance.
A focus on equal pay has proven to be an investment for companies wishing to enchance performance and growth and to become employers of choice. Equal pay is not only profitable but also a human and legal right.
Although a growing number of companies have come to appreciate this, unexplained and unwarrented differences in pay between women and men stillk persist around Europe. Simple methods and tools are availeble to those of you who are ready and able to start working towards equal pay.
The conference is for public and private companies, social partners, governmental and European bodies and elected representatives. It is being organised by the European Project of Equal Pay and the BETSY Project (Benchmarking as a Tool for Realising Equal Pay) in cooperation with the Danish ministries of gender equality and employment.
Program 29 november Venue: Ingeniørføreningens Mødecenter, Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
09.00-09.30 Registration, coffee and sandwich
09.30-09.45 Introduction, Henriette Kjær, Minister of
Social Affairs and Gender Equality, DK
09.45-10.00 Danish Government efforts on behalf of
equal pay, Claus Hjort Frederiksen,
Minister of Employment, Denmark.
10.00-10.15 EU efforts on behalf of equal pay
10.15-10.45 Coffe break
10.45-11.15 Latest research from the Commison's
Expert Group of Gender and Employment.
Jill Rubery, Professor, Manchester School
of Management, UK
11.15- 11.45 Women in executive suite correlate to
high profits Roy D Adler, Ph.D,
Pepperdine University, USA
11.45-13.00 Lunch
13.00- 13.30 Equal pay is value adding. Göran Collert,
Chairman, Swedbank, Sweden
13.30-14.00 Presentation of recent report on Equality.
Denise Kingsmill CBE, Deputy Chairman
Competition Commision, UK
14.00-14.30 Coffee break
14.30- 15.45 Panel presentation of project results.
Claes Borgström, Equal Oppurtunities Ombudsman, SE
The conference is free of charge. Only a limited number of places are awailable. Please notify your attendance by e-mail or fax as soon as possible, and by October 25 at the latest. e-mail:pia.hasselvall@jamombud.se Fax: +46 31 711 2071