Fair Pay Around the World
The Fair Pay Around the World section features posts that highlight fair pay practices, legislation and initiatives from different countries. This section aims to provide a global perspective on fair pay, showcasing diverse approaches and success stories from various regions.
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Australia’s Fight for Fair Pay
Addressing Gender Inequality Despite various efforts to close the gender pay gap, disparities persist in Australia. We delve into the current state of the gender pay gap in Australia, drawing on insights from Natalie Flynn, CEO of Equidi and our first Australian FPI partner. Together, we are committed to making significant strides towards achieving gender…
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Getting equal slices of the cake
FAIR PAY IN SWEDEN In Sweden, as in so many Scandinavian countries, everything seems to work much better than elsewhere. But what are things really like in the land of wooden chalets, elks and the Northern Lights? Are Swedish men and women paid more fairly? Annika von Redwitz, an expert on Sweden and diversity, has…
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LET’S TALK ABOUT MONEY, HONEY!
FAIR PAY IN THE USA “What do you earn?” In the USA, this is not a taboo question, but quite appropriate for small talk. But does dealing with the subject of money openly have any effect on fairer pay in companies? On the occasion of the 64th Session of the Commission on the Status of…
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FAIR PAY IN FINLAND
Finland’s head of government is a woman, the five parties in government are led by women, and out of 18 ministers, 11 are women – no Finnish speaker is required to distinguish between ‘he’ and ‘she’, but can use the neutral pronoun ‘hän’, which, in a practical way, includes everyone.
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EQUAL PAY – AND MAKE IT SNAPPY!
FAIR PAY IN SWITZERLAND It’s no wonder that in summer 2019, the otherwise famously reserved women of Switzerland called the biggest women’s strike in history: in 2018, prosperous Switzerland only managed to reach 20th place in the Global Gender Gap Index. To say nothing of equal pay. But all that’s set to change. From now…