Manpower France has the highest gender equality score

Since 1 March, the decree on the equal pay index has applied to all companies with more than 1,000 employees.

The targets focus on five criteria assessed out of a total of 100 points: pay gaps for comparable ages and positions (40), women/men breakdown of individual salary increases (20), breakdown of promotions (15), salary increases after maternity leave (15) and the number of women amongst the ten top earners (10).

With almost 4,000 permanent employees, 81% of whom are women, Manpower scored 99 out of 100.

The first three-year agreement on professional gender equality took effect in this company in 2013 and it has just been renewed for the second time.

The agreement covers four areas (training, career development, pay, work-life balance) in which tangible measures are rolled out and the outcomes assessed.

Advances include, for instance, fewer travel and organisational constraints for training sessions, more women eligible for promotions and the mandatory setting of objectives which are consistent with holding a part-time position so as not to affect compensation.