"Workplace gender equality and European Union neo-liberalism

Charet, Linda S. (2001) "Workplace gender equality and European Union neo-liberalism . In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2001 (7th), May 31-June 2, 2001, pages 29, Madison, Wisconsin.

Abstract

The issue of the relation between economic and social issues has always been at least implicit in the process of European integration. Lately, particularly with respect to gender equality, the social dimension is becoming increasingly unavoidable as the apparent limits of economic programs and even the supporting legal structures prove inadequate to redress gender inequalities with spill out of the workplace and into the home and private lives of European Union citizens. The dynamic of workplace gender equality necessarily exerts a humanizing and market regulating effect. Focusing on Britain and France, the paper briefly reviews and analyzes the development of equal pay law and changes in pay differentials. The work presented here is preliminary.