Doctolib, Blablacar, Deezer… To promote diversity in French technology, the government will force the sector to publish an annual report that measures professional equality.
Starting in 2023, the listed start-ups that are part of the Next 40 and French Tech 120 will have to publish their professional equality index, Jean-Noël Barrot, delegate minister in charge of Digital Transition and Telecommunications, announced to AFP on Monday.
This provision has so far affected companies with more than 50 employees. The index measures in particular the salary gap between women and men and the presence of women among the highest salaries in the company.
Discrimination
“Companies will also have to publish a carbon footprint. The goal is for start-ups to integrate social and environmental criteria and communicate them,” the minister told AFP, on the eve of a call for companies wishing to appear in the indices. stocks dedicated to the digital sector.
“Biases are very important in start-ups: those who start their business are young and we are witnessing a kind of cloning of profiles internally,” Anthony Babkine, from the Diversidays association, told AFP.
“Nearly 10% of CDI offers in France are offered by start-ups, while only 20% of French workers have already considered applying. It is absolutely necessary to get out of this mimicry”, continues the co-founder of the association. .work for greater diversity in hiring start-ups.
According to a study published this Monday by Diversitys, of a sample of 1,000 people, 39% said they were victims of discrimination during their integration into a start-up. For Anthony Babkine, “we must change the rules of the game through training, the appointment of a person responsible for professional diversity internally and helping with recycling”.
Sixty French technology companies had already pledged in the spring to promote parity between women and men on their boards, with a minimum of 20% women by 2025 and 40% by 2028.
Source: BFM TV
