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EU Pay Transparency: What’s in the Directive – and How This Series Works
The EU Pay Transparency Directive is no longer a distant policy topic. It is a practical implementation challenge that employers across the EU need to address now. This opening article introduces FPI’s Coffee Talk Special mini-series and explains how the upcoming pieces are designed to help organizations move from general awareness to structured action. The…
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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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The most direct road to equality
Using Fair Pay! Workforce shortages, churn, too few women in management – many companies are meeting the many challenges in strategic HR policy with a plethora of measures and instruments. But…
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End negotiation seminars!
German Federal Labour Court takes a similar view Negotiating skills do not justify a higher salary, the German Federal Labor Court decided last week. A former employee of a Saxon metal company had filed a complaint. In the third instance, she was awarded her lost wages and compensation. Why this decision by the Federal Labour…
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FAIR PAY AS A STANDARD
The Study on the transferability of the Icelandic Equal Pay Standard ÍST85:2012 to Germany (or another country) was prepared by the FPI…
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Press Release: Quality seal for the quality seal
Fair Pay certification meets the highest requirements Berlin – The UNIVERSAL FAIR PAY CHECK has been recognized by the European Trademarks Office as an EU certification mark. The certification process with which the Berlin-based, non-profit Fair Pay Innovation Lab (FPI) has been certifying companies around the world for fair pay since 2021 has been awarded…
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On our own account: Our first statement for the United Nations
or why fair pay also saves polar bears – by Katinka Brose Since its founding, FPI has focused on international work – as one of the first members in the Equal Pay International Coalition, the long-standing engagement with the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Rights in New York, or the international…
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Enough of the expensive certification chaos
There are many ways and means to certify pay strategies and achieve recognition for Fair Pay. But until now, none of today’s auditing procedures fully covered the entire range of possibilities. What’s more frustrating is the fact that even companies with the very best of intentions find they’re unable to demonstrate their compliance. Yet all…
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The 10 most impressive domino effects of Fair Pay
How companies save money with Fair Pay When it comes to Fair Pay, we often encounter the same misconceptions. For example, adjusting salaries is much too expensive for a company, whereas in fact, the opposite is true! Fair Pay has an immensely positive effect on all aspects of the business – from appreciation to motivation.…
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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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Press Release for the 1st Universal Fair Pay Check Awards
1st Universal Fair Pay Check Awards – Companies awarded for fair pay for the first time Berlin – The non-profit Fair Pay Innovation Lab (FPI) is awarding companies for fair pay for the first time. Regardless of size, location, or respective legislation, companies can close existing pay gaps in the shortest possible time and have…
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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…
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The FPI in Davos: Gruezi future!
Since 1971, the worlds of politics and economics have come together annually in Davos to talk about the future of global economics. Yet this year, the focus is on nothing less than – everything. At the invitation of software company SAP, our founder and CEO Henrike von Platen was there for the first time last…
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Money, Power and Love
If SHE earns more than HIM It’s bad enough that women in employment earn less than men. But it gets really complicated in personal life: That is, if SHE earns more than HIM. But why is the income gap actually so problematic the other way round? How do we manage to finally say farewell to…
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Winning the Stevie Awards
The Future is Fair! Bronze for FPI at the 2018 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Do you know, what Estee Lauder Inc., SAP, Microsoft and FPI have in common? They are all Stevie Awards winners! Only one year after its foundation, the Fair Pay Innovation Lab has been nominated ‘Organization of the Year –…
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Comparable Worth Index: A “gauge” for companies
An interview with Dr Christina Klenner Female dominated jobs are worth less – and are lower paid as a rule. But how, in general, do we compare jobs with each otherand how are job requirements and stresses measured? How differently do we value “female” and “male” professions? The Comparable Worth Index proves statistically for the first time…
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Fairness as a leadership skill
An interview with fairness expert Ulrich Wiek „Fairness als Führungskompetenz“ (Fairness as a leadership skill) is the title of the latest book by fairness expert, Dr. Ulrich Wiek. We spoke to him about luck and chance in salary negotiations, performance criteria and the costs of unfair behaviour. Fair Pay Innovation Lab: You write in your…