UK partners have welcomed a decision to postpone plans to impose an EU-wide quota dictating the number of women on company boards.

EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding had been pushing for a vote to take place earlier this week (23 October) on a proposed law which would force companies to keep 40% of positions on their supervisory boards for women by 2020, however the delay means it will not now be discussed until 14 November.

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