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While the equality of men and women was a founding principle of the European Union, the continent’s gender pay gap has long been stuck at 14%. This year, a spate of powerful new efforts by a number of member states to close the gender pay gap has culminated in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal for sweeping new legislation that would compel companies throughout Europe to share salary data broken down by gender and prohibit them from asking job applicants their salary history. Why We Wrote This Equal pay for equal work may become a reality in Europe, as the Europ...

While the equality of men and women was a founding principle of the European Union, the continent’s gender pay gap has long been stuck at 14%. This year, a spate of powerful new efforts by a number of member states to close the gender pay gap has culminated in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal for sweeping new legislation that would compel companies throughout Europe to share salary data broken down by gender and prohibit them from asking job applicants their salary history. That transparency will make a huge difference, says Henrike von Platen, who launched th...