2023-12-31 20:25:38
Scope of application, sanctions… the government detailed in a decree published this Sunday in the Official Journal the system which will apply from 2024 to promote the accession of women to decision-making positions in the public service.
The text is the direct result of a law adopted this summer in Parliament, which requires certain public employers to have at least 40% women among people occupying management positions, from 2027.
The law also increases to 50%, compared to the current 40%, the rate of people of each sex who must be appointed to a first senior or management position.
Each year, employers covered by the law will have to publish before June 30 the percentage of people of each gender appointed for the first time to a management position the previous year, and the percentage of women among senior civil servants already in office.
90,000 euros per missing nomination
If they do not do so, the decree published this Sunday provides for a fixed financial sanction, called a “contribution”, of 45,000 euros. The amount of the penalty will only be 25,000 euros for municipalities and intermunicipalities which have between 40,000 and 80,000 inhabitants.
Administrations that fail to reach 40% (and ultimately 50%) of first appointments must pay an additional fine of 90,000 euros per missing appointment to achieve the objective set by the government.
As for public employers who have less than 40% women in management positions, they are also exposed to an additional fine, the amount of which must be fixed by decree.
The text published in the Official Journal also extends the scope of the system to certain management jobs which were not previously subject to it.
These are “decentralized jobs under the ministry responsible for public finances and that responsible for national education and research, jobs of consuls general, assistants to the head of diplomatic mission and those of inspectors general », It is indicated in a report annexed to the decree.
The new obligations will also apply to “public administrative and industrial and commercial establishments attached to the State civil service”.
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