labour tax wedge | tax wedge | tax wedge on labour | tax wedge on labour costs

distance between inside faces of flanges | distance between insides of rims | distance between insides of tyres

overhead variances [ total overhead variance | overhead total variance ]

direct labour rate variance [ labour rate variance | rate variance | direct labour rate of pay variance ]

deviation (1) | divergency (2) | discordance (3)

vertical bull spread (1) | bullish vertical spread (2) | bull spread (3)

implementing the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights, notably through the European Semester of Policy Coordination and in the Member States' 2018 National Reform Programmes; facilitating a well-functioning social dialogue at all levels, including the ‘new start for social dialogue' at EU level; progressing swiftly on pending social files at EU level, including on Posting of Workers, Social Security Coordination, Work–Life Balance and the European Accessibility Act, as well as being ready to swiftly examine the future initiatives announced by the Commission in its Work Programme for 2018; following up ...[+++]on the priorities of the EU Action Plan 2018–2019 to tackle the gender pay gap; and delivering further on the New Skills Agenda, with a particular focus in 2018 on implementing the Council Recommendation on Upskilling Pathways, intended for people with the biggest skills needs.

However, significant social inequalities remain, and there are many persisting difficulties to tackle such as differences in social protection coverage between workers on standard and non-standard contracts, the gender pay gap and unequal access to goods and services for disabled people and other vulnerable groups.

Points out that the gender pay and career development gap remains for women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged, even though it constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of social justice in the labour market and should therefore be protected above all else; reiterates that inequalities should not be allowed to take root in the digital economy as regards equal pay and career development; stresses that increased participation of women in the labour market and related investments in social inclusion policies will help ...[+++]to reduce the gender pay gap; highlights the importance of collective bargaining also in the digital market economy in order to safeguard quality and security of jobs in times of digitalisation.

44. Draws attention once again to the fact there is still a gender pay gap that has hardly been reduced in recent years; stresses that the gender pay gap arises from insufficient participation of women in the labour market, vertical and horizontal segregation, and the fact that sectors where women are over-represented often have lower wages; calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of Directive 2006/54/EU and to present specific measures which take into account structural wage differences, both legislative and non-legislative, so as to ensure wage transparency and apply sanctions, thereby reducing the gender pay gap, and to submit an annual progress report on this matter; encourages the Member States to recognise the potenti ...[+++]al of the latest public procurement directive as a tool to promote and enhance gender mainstreaming policy by considering setting requirements based on the existing national legislation on equal treatment and gender equality as prerequisites for public procurement contracts where applicable; calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine whether social clauses in public procurement might be used as a potential tool to enhance social inclusion policies; acknowledges that EU legislation on competition must be complied with in developing this idea;