by the lawyer. Patrizia Farinelli
The issue of equal pay is particularly current. It is recent news that Google is committed to paying 118 million dollars to resolve the collective lawsuit for gender discrimination promoted, in San Francisco in 2017, by some of its employees who complained of discriminatory economic treatment for equal qualifications. In our country there are numerous legislative initiatives on the subject. The latest, at a national level, saw the approval of Law no. 162 of 2021 containing "Amendments to the code referred to in legislative decree 11 April 2006 n. 198 and other provisions regarding equal opportunities between men and women in the workplace" which, which came into force on 3 December, established the gender equality certification which attributes economic benefits to virtuous companies. The Lazio Region Council is on the same wavelength and has recently approved the Regulation for the implementation and integration of Law no. 7/2021 containing "Provisions for the promotion of equal pay between the sexes, the support of quality female employment and entrepreneurship as well as for the enhancement of women's skills. Amendments to the regional law 19 March 2014, n. 4 of reorganization of the provisions to combat violence against women" and has identified, on 7 June of each year, the regional day of gender discrimination at work on the occasion of which the results obtained from the regional initiatives promoted in the meantime must be illustrated.
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