Equal pay for equal work: new law requires men and women to receive same salary

The Law of December 15 2016 modifying the Labour Code and Article 2 of the Modified Law of December 21 2007 on the Regulations for Funding Political Parties was published in Memorial A 264 on December 21 2016 and came into force on December 25 2016.¹⁾Available here

The law was enacted in response to the 2013 government programme which stipulated that the « inequality of pay between women and men will be abolished by the power of the law ». Previously, the general provisions relating to the principle of equal pay for equal work were governed by the Grand Ducal Regulation of July 10 1974.

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