Companies that do not meet women’s quota can be removed from the bag – Daily News – Lisbon

Government meets Wednesday with social partners also proposing that one in three executives of public administration are women

Government will propose in social dialogue that listed companies that January 1, 2018 do not have 20% of female administrators have as a sanction to “suspend the listing.”

the proposal that the executive will defend, on Wednesday, the social dialogue is inspired by a European policy that failed to advance. This provides, however, that a percentage of directors of the under-represented sex businesses is 20% in 2018 and 33% in 2020.

At the same time, the government should propose to partners social that by 2017, one in three top positions of leaders and middle managers of public administration are women. In 2018, the measures must extend to the administrations of the public enterprise sector companies.