(Article republished from EuroNews.com)
The fine was handed out by the country’s public service ministry for breaching the “Sauvadet law”.
One of the aims of the legislation, which came into force in 2013, was to ensure that more women within the civil service were promoted to management level. As such, no more than 60 per cent of management appointments can be from the same gender.
Back in 2018, 11 women were appointed to leadership positions in the Paris town hall, compared to five men, thus making up 69 per cent of appointees.
11 femmes, 5 hommes… La Ville de Paris a été condamnée à 90.000 euros d amende parce que trop de femmes directrices ont été nommées.
(Article by C. Douglas Golden republished from WesternJournal.com)
No more could top positions be filled with sclerotic white males and/or future sclerotic white males. Instead, only 60 percent of management could be of one gender. As for those elsewhere on the gender spectrum, well, I’m sure the Fifth Republic will catch up with you sometime soon, assuming they haven’t already.
The move was purportedly done to ensure gender parity. A noble cause except that’s not
really what it was about, since the only reason most of us know about the regulation is that it’s caused an international furor because Paris’ mayor got fined for appointing too many women to senior roles.
Paris City Hall Fined €90,000 for Appointing ‘Too Many Women’ to Senior Leadership Positions The management of the city hall has, all of a sudden, become far too feminist, the mayor said.
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Last week, Paris City Hall received a €90,000 fine for appointing too many women to senior positions, a decision that drew strong criticism from Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
Paris authorities fined nearly Rs 81 lakh for employing too many women in top posts; unfair, absurd , says Mayor In 2018, the City Hall appointed 11 women and 5 men, resulting in just above 30 percent representation for men. A 2013 rule, aimed at gender parity, requires a minimum of 40 percent of appointments for each gender File image of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. AP
Paris: Paris city hall has been fined 90,000 euros (nearly Rs 81 lakh) for having appointed too many women to top positions in 2018, in breach of a law aimed at ensuring gender balance.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo denounced the fine as “unfair” and “absurd” on Tuesday during a meeting of the city council.
Thibault Camus / AP
The city of Paris has been fined 90,000 euros for an unusual infraction: It appointed too many women to senior positions in the government.
In 2018, 11 women and five men became senior officials. That meant 69% of the appointments were women in violation of a rule that dictated at least 40% of government positions should go to people of each gender.
In remarks on Tuesday to the capital s governing body, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she would deliver the check to the Ministry of Public Service herself along with the women in her government. So there will be many of us, she said.