Roudy Law on professional equality (1983), a failure

The first professional equality Law in France (so-called Roudy Law) was enacted by the socialist government on 13 July 1983.

Yvette Roudy

It is generally viewed as passing from a formal equality perspective protective for women to a more substantial approach. It promoted negotiating at company level agreements with trade unions and temporary pro-active measures.
Needless to say that this law was a failure and hardly any company enacted such agreements. Several reasons explains it :
(i) the economic crisis modified the priorities of the government,
(ii) the lack of sanctions did not encourage companies to adopt any measures, etc.