Sector Instead of Gender: the "Equal Pay Day" and Its Pitfalls

Die Presse

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If, according to the definition of the "Equal Pay Day", women have worked for free until today, the government announces further steps against the wage gap. However, there is also criticism of the "fighting day".

Kronen Zeitung

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Care, education, care, cleaning and trade – these jobs are mainly carried out by women, but paid less. In addition, there are also care obligations, which are still mostly carried out by women ... This results in: Women do not only earn less, they also have a lower pension. Here are some facts about the pay gap and the concept of pension splitting:The day symbolizes that women work this year for 42 days "unpaid". Basis: Median gross annual incom…

Kurier

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Which measures are planned, where too little is still happening - and which federal states are particularly lagging behind in terms of gender pay gap.

vienna.at

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In Austria, the gender pay gap is 11.55 percent. Political parties agree that this is unacceptable ahead of Equal Pay Day on Wednesday, February 11th.