The European Commission has said that women in the European Union get paid on an average 13 per cent less than men doing the same job despite equal pay being part of EU law.<br />''It said, in 2023, for every 1 Euro that a man earns, a woman earns 87 cents. This was the same rate as in 2022. However, the gender pay gap has decreased by 2.8 percentage points over the last decade.<br />''<br />''The European Commission set out a strategy to close the gender pay gap by 2025 and the Pay Transparency Directive was also introduced in June this year.<br />''The Commission also said that it has earmarked 6.1 million Euro to help member states implement the directive.<br />''<br />''The Commission said, transparency is key to make a real change and this new legislation is an important step in that right direction. It also said, the implementation of the Directive by the Member States will now be key to enforce the principle of equal pay for all EU citizens.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Commission added that equal pay for the same work or work of equal value is one of the founding principles of the EU. It was laid down in the Treaty of Rome in 1957.</span><br />