Women Work for 57 Days Free of Charge: Law on Wage Transparency but Still Outstanding
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Equal Pay Day is on November 5 – from then on, women will work for free statistically until the end of the year, because they still don't earn the same amount as their male colleagues. EU pay transparency rules should reduce the gender pay gap, but Austria has still not implemented it. Brussels is already catching up, and the delay could cost millions.
The SPÖ advocates the implementation of the EU Directive, while the ÖVP insists on its practical suitability.
According to Momentum Institute, even childless full-time women earn 10.1 percent less than men. The coalition disputes about the implementation of the EU directive
Statistically speaking, women in Austria work 57 days a year without pay. A look at Carinthia shows that the gender income difference amounts to 16.2 percent, as reported by SPÖ Kärnten.
SPÖ's managing director at ÖVP and NEOS: "Plan for fair wages is at the table – time to finally implement them." From tomorrow, women in Austria will be working without payment by the end of the year. "Eight weeks without wages. If a boss in November said ‘I'm not paying anything from now on', that would be a scandal. For women, this is reality [...] SPÖ's contribution to Equal Pay Day: "Eight weeks without wages are reality for women" first app…
On the occasion of the Equal Pay Day on 5 November, SPÖ, ÖVP and Greens are calling for the implementation of the EU's wage transparency directive. Within the coalition, there is still no agreement on this. NEOS argue for the expansion of childcare, the FPÖ for more freedom of choice. The Equal Pay Day marks the day on which men on average earned the annual salary of women. Women therefore symbolically work the rest of the year - 57 days
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