Are there too many women in leadership positions?
Yes, according to the French Ministry of Public Services, which recently served the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, with a fine of 90,000 euros (about $ 109,470) for appointing too many women as municipal officials, NPR reported.
French law dictates that men and women must be represented in local government at a rate of at least 40% each.
In 2018, her firm hired 11 women and five men for senior positions, giving women a 69% majority for new appointments.
On Tuesday, Hidalgo tweeted that she and the women serving by her side would travel delighted to deliver the fee in person.
Hidalgo confronted the inauguration and said his intention was to “promote and one day achieve parity” with men throughout the French government.
Last year, France applied a 40% waiver of the rule, as long as the imbalance in new hires does not contribute to a general disparity between the government, according to Le Monde. In this case, they found that the Paris government still holds only 47% of women holding executive positions as a whole.
In addition, women in government earn on average 6% less than their male counterparts.
“In Paris, we are doing everything to make it a success and I am very, very proud of a great team of women and men who are carrying out this fight for equality,” she said.
“So there will be a lot of us,” he added.
Amélie de Montchalin, France’s public service minister, sided with Hidalgo on Twitter, calling her own department’s measure “absurd.”
“@Anne_Hidalgo, the cause of women deserves to be better!” he tweeted. “I want the fine paid by Paris in 2018 to fund concrete actions to promote women in the public service. I invite you to the ministry to raise them! ”