Pay Equity

There is no country in the world that has yet achieved wage equality between men and women. The pay gap in some Nordic countries is now 12% but in many countries, it can be as high as 50%. PSI has been active in developing union awareness about the issue, through training programmes, workplace surveys and a variety of actions at international level. Notably, the ILO has agreed to support a series of tripartite meetings on pay equity, culminating in an international high-level experts' meeting in 2007. PSI has also produced a range of training materials, including a resource package, training modules, and information leaflets. For more information contact equality@world-psi.org.

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If women want equality they should plan to die childless at thirty
26 August 2010

The claim that childless women at age thirty make nearly as much as men does not prove that women have gained equality. Neither does the gender pay gap. Although it is the standard measure, that statistic grossly overestimates women's economic equality. Why? Because it compares men who work full time with women who work full time. This is an accurate picture of men, but it is an extremely partial description of women. Fully one-quarter of employed women work part time.

8 jobs in which women make MORE than men
26 August 2010

Women are still earning less than men, although the exact pay gap depends on age. What is surprising was the discovery of a handful of occupations, out of hundreds, where women actually made more than men.

Historic victory for thousands of female council workers in Birmingham (UK)
03 May 2010

Birmingham Employment Tribunal has backed PSI affiliate UNISON’s claim that thousands of women working for Birmingham City Council are entitled to earn the same pay as men working as gardeners, refuse collectors and grave diggers.

Government's Promises To Reduce Gender Pay Gap Are Hollow
26 January 2010

A 2% increase of 25c to the minimum wage is a slap in the face for gender pay equity", says Angela McLeod on behalf of the New Zealand Pay Equity Challenge Coalition. About 65 % of low paid workers are women. An increase in the minimum wage would automatically, simply and efficiently reduce the gender pay gap. It would also contribute to family incomes, reducing child poverty.

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