On measures to promote the right of equal pay for equal work in the EU 

The petitioner indicates that even though the principles of equality and equal pay are among the core values of the European Union, discrimination still takes place among public workers in the Spanish police, where, the petitioner alleges that workers receive different salaries for the same job. Indirect discrimination takes place with regard to adequate payment and social benefits received by men and women. The petitioner states that in 2008 the proposal for a Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment outside the labour market (Anti-discrimination Directive) was blocked by the Council. At the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Councilmeeting on 15 June 2017, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, reaffirmed that the directive remains a priority for the Commission. The petitioner questions to which extent Member States have to uphold core values of the Union, taking into account alleged absence of legal measures.