Game-Changers for Gender Equality in Germany’s Labour Market? Corporate Board Quotas, Pay Transparency and Temporary Part-Time Work

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Table 1. Overview labour market cases.

	Equal Participation of Women and Men in Leadership Positions in the Private and Public Sectors Act (Gesetz für die gleichberechtigte Teilhabe von Frauen und Männern an Führungspositionen – FüPoG)	Pay Transparency Act (Gesetz zur Förderung der Entgelttransparenz zwischen Frauen und Männern Entgelttransparenzgesetz - EntgTranspG)	Act on the Further Development of Part-Time Law – Introduction of temporary part-time (Gesetz zur Weiterentwicklung des Teilzeitrechts - Einführung einer Brückenteilzeit)
First public mobilisation	mid-1990s	1980s	2011
First legislative proposal by government	2000	2016	2018 (reform of 2011 Part-time and Fixed-term Work Act)
Basis for proposal	Coalition agreement 2013	Coalition agreement 2013	Coalition agreement 2013
Law adopted	1 May 2015	30 March 2017	12 December 2018
Law into force	1 January 2016	6 July 2017	1 January 2019
Lead ministry, minister and party affiliation	BMFSFJ, Manuela Schwesig, SPD	BMFSFJ, Manuela Schwesig, SPD	BMAS, Hubertus Heil, SPD
Stakeholders principally supporting the law	SPD, Green Party, Left Party, women’s organisations	SPD, Green Party, Left Party, women’s organisations, trade unions	SPD, women’s organisations
Stakeholders principally opposing law	CDU/CSU, FDP, major employer associations	CDU/CSU, FDP, major employer associations	CDU/CSU, FDP, AfD, major employer associations
Stakeholders proposing a more far-reaching law	Left Party, Green Party, German Women Lawyers Association, National Council of German Women’s Organisations	Left Party, Green Party, German Women Lawyers Association, National Council of German Women's Organisations	Left Party (Green Party)