gender pay gap Archives

16/05/2018

Action for fair and equal pay in Norway, UK and Ireland

Norwegian journalists working for the country’s national broadcaster NRK have launched strike action to back their claim for an overall pay rise and equal treatment for temporary and freelance ...

07/05/2018

Workplace Week – the workers have their say

As part of the ETUC Pay Rise campaign, IndustriAll Europe and its affiliates are participating in the ‘Workplace Week’ from 7 – 11 May 2018. Throughout the week we will share workers’ ...

18/04/2018

Norwegian collective bargaining delivers results

The Norwegian labour market model is working. Tough negotiations between the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) have culminated in a ...

23/03/2018

Pay Transparency In Europe’s Companies

By Christine Aumayr-Pintar, Research manager, Eurofound Measures to promote gender pay transparency haven’t been delivered yet in half of Europe – making EU level legislative action to speed up ...

07/03/2018

Caring cuts women’s incomes – a Work-Life Balance Directive would compensate

The European Commission’s proposed Work-Life Balance Directive would guarantee paid paternity leave, paid time off to care for family members, extended paid parental leave and the right to ...

19/02/2018

Does high education lead to a high salary?

By Martin Jefflén, President, Eurocadres – Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff As a trade unionist representing professionals and managers, from to time I have reason to ...

03/11/2017

Enough of the gender pay gap: in Europe women work two months for free!

Europe’s persistent gender pay gap of 16.3% means that as from 3 November this year, women doing the same job as male colleagues are in effect working for nothing. Earning less simply because of ...

12/06/2017

Estonian unions negotiate higher pay in the healthcare sector

Estonian trade unions won substantial pay rises in a new collective agreement in the healthcare sector, concluded at the end of April 2017. Wages have been increased this year by 5% for doctors ...

29/05/2017

Women managers lose out on pay

Female managers in the EU earn almost one-quarter (23.4%) less, on average, than their male counterparts. In other words, women in management earn just 77 cents for every euro a man makes per ...

07/04/2017

Childcare workers in Hungary support ETUC pay rise campaign

The BDDSz childcare workers’ trade union in Hungary is supporting the ETUC’s pay rise campaign. The union believes that many of the headline demands of the campaign – tackling low pay and the ...

Action for fair and equal pay in Norway, UK and Ireland

Workplace Week – the workers have their say

Norwegian collective bargaining delivers results

Pay Transparency In Europe’s Companies

Caring cuts women’s incomes – a Work-Life Balance Directive would compensate

Does high education lead to a high salary?

Enough of the gender pay gap: in Europe women work two months for free!

Estonian unions negotiate higher pay in the healthcare sector

Women managers lose out on pay

Childcare workers in Hungary support ETUC pay rise campaign

"If wages rise significantly the satisfaction of employees would increase as well -and i think the love for the country and our common home."

Martin, sales consultant

"Croatian workers are diligent and wish to and can work a lot if they are properly paid for their work"

Josipa, hotel housekeeper

"We deserve a pay raise. Right now we are struggling just to cover our basic expenses, to survive the month."

Jolanka, factory worker

"If I would get a pay rise to expand even just a little bit our contacts with friends and even some weekend to get away from the big ciy. If I can dream a bit more, I'd expect to make some small improvements in our home."

Silvia, PA in a private company