On behalf of the European Platform for Consumers and the Environment, on the gender pay gap 

The petition concerns the gender pay gap and the petitioner calls for equal pay for equal work. The petitioner says that the European Platform for Consumers and the Environment has received complaints and petitions from consumers about the pay gap and she alleges that it exists in Member States throughout the European Union. She points out that the gender pay gap violates the principle of non-discrimination, enshrined in article 14 of the Spanish Constitution. She calls upon the Parliament to pass a regulation to end the pay gap in the EU and suggests how to achieve this. The suggestion is that companies, as a measure of transparency, should input data on employees’ details, such as their salaries and their role in the work place, on the "commercial register." This already lists registered companies and has information on their current accounts. In the event that there are differences in salary for the same role, the commercial register could issue a record of this and send it to a labour inspection service. The labour inspection could establish annual plans to verify the data and decide what disciplinary action to take against businesses who violate the equal pay for equal work principle.