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The Estonian government has decided not to implement the EU Directive on wage transparency, which is based on a lack of bureaucracy.
Government's pay transparency steps will not fix gender pay gap, says commissioner
The government's plan to only transpose part of the European Union's Pay Transparency directive will not be enough to reduce Estonia's gender pay gap, which is the highest in the EU, Equality Commissioner Christian Veske has said.
Estonia records its lowest-ever gender pay gap
Estonia, long ranked among the European countries with the widest gender pay gaps, recorded its narrowest gap on record in 2025, with women earning on average 12.2 per cent less per hour than men, according to new data from Statistics Estonia. The gap shrank by one percentage point compared with the previous year and has fallen by 10.7 percentage points over the past 15 years. Average gross hourly pay stood at €13 for men and €11.4 for women. Kr…
The gender pay gap has been the focus of attention for both politicians and entrepreneurs in the past week. The Reform Party and Estonia 200 have been behind this directive since 2021, and in addition, Minister Erkki Keldo's recent explanations that the directive aims to reduce gender discrimination in wages, as the reason lies in opaque remuneration practices.
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