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Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-2 of the French Labour Code

For companies with more than two hundred and fifty employees, the indicators mentioned in Article L. 1142-8 are as follows: 1° The pay gap between women and men, calculated on the basis of the average pay of women compared with that of men, by age group and by category of equivalent positions; 2° The difference in the rate of individual pay increases not corresponding to promotions between women and men;…

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Article D1142-2-1 of the French Labour Code

For companies with between fifty and two hundred and fifty employees, the indicators mentioned in Article L. 1142-8 are as follows: 1° The pay gap between women and men, calculated on the basis of the average pay of women compared with that of men, by age group and by category of equivalent positions; 2° The difference in the rate of individual pay increases between women and men; 3° The percentage…

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Article D1142-3 of the French Labour Code

The level of results obtained by the company with regard to the indicators defined in articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1 is determined in accordance with the procedures set out in Annexes I and II at the end of this chapter.

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Article D1142-4 of the French Labour Code

The level of results referred to in article D. 1142-3 and the results obtained for each indicator referred to in articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible and legible manner, on the company’s website where one exists. They may be consulted on the company’s website at least until the publication,…

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Article D1142-5 of the French Labour Code

The indicators defined in articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1, as well as the level of results mentioned in article D. 1142-3, are made available to the Social and Economic Committee, at the intervals set in the first paragraph of article D. 1142-4, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 2312-18. The results are presented by socio-professional category, hierarchical level or coefficient or according to…

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Article D1142-6 of the French Labour Code

The corrective measures and, where applicable, the programming of financial measures to catch up on salaries, provided for in article L. 1142-9, must be implemented as soon as the result level mentioned in article D. 1142-3 is less than seventy-five points. They are published on the company website where one exists, on the same page as the result level and the results mentioned in article D. 1142-4, as soon as…

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Article D1142-6-1 of the French Labour Code

The improvement targets provided for in Article L. 1142-9-1 are set for each indicator mentioned in Articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1 for which the maximum score has not been achieved, provided that the result level mentioned in Article D. 1142-3 is less than eighty-five points. The improvement target set, where applicable, for the indicator mentioned in 1° of articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1 must ensure compliance with the…

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Article D1142-6-2 of the French Labour Code

The corrective measures envisaged or already implemented, the progress targets for each of the indicators, as well as the methods of publication of these measures and targets, are sent to the services of the Minister responsible for labour in accordance with the procedure provided for in the last paragraph of article D. 1142-5, as soon as the agreement or unilateral decision mentioned in articles D. 1142-6 and D. 1142-6-1 is…

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Article D1142-7 of the French Labour Code

Each Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment appoints one or more advisors to assist companies with between fifty and two hundred and fifty employees, at their request, in calculating the indicators mentioned in Article D. 1142-2 and, where necessary, in defining appropriate and relevant corrective measures.

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Article D1142-8 of the French Labour Code

The penalty referred to in Article L. 1142-10 may not be applied to the company until three years have elapsed from the publication of a result level of less than seventy-five points. If it achieves a result level at least equal to seventy-five points before the expiry of this period, it is granted a further period of three years to implement corrective measures from the year in which a result…

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