We’re taking this with a pinch of salt
![Challenging the gender pay gap](https://www.eurocadres.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crew-56837-150x150.jpg)
The European Equal Pay Day is marked 3 November this year. European women are more and more highly-skilled, and a growing number of women graduate with tertiary education.
![Work-life balance essential for an equal career development](https://www.eurocadres.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/balance-web-150x150.jpg)
The Eurocadres Congress debated the need for work-life balance to achieve equal career development for all. Women especially are in danger of falling behind in their careers, salaries and pensions to uneven demands of care-taking responsibilities.
Eurocadres – the Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff – is satisfied that the European Commission has decided to prioritise jobs, growth and investment in its working programme.