Some others are eyeing summer internships and co-ops, while many of us may be closing out yet another fiscal year at our current organizations.
#EQUAL PAY DAY 2021 FULL#
Several of us are looking to graduate and join new jobs for full time positions. This past July, New Zealand passed the Equal Pay Amendment Bill, although existing law guaranteed women and men would be paid equally for the same work.March is coming to an end, and we are inching (slowly, but surely!) towards summer. However, the childcare job is likely to have lower pay. This distinction is important because women’s and men’s work may involve different types of qualifications, skills, responsibilities, or working conditions, yet be of equal value, and, therefore, merit equal pay.Ĭhidi King, Director of the Equality Department of the International Trade Union Confederation, and a member of UN Women and ILO’s Equal Pay Champions initiative, gives the example that a job in the male-dominated construction sector may be of the same or similar objective value as a job in the female-dominated childcare sector. “ Work of equal value ” can mean a job that is the same or similar, as well as a job that is not the same but is of equal value. While the concept is straightforward, what equal pay actually entails and how it’s applied in practice has proven to be difficult. What do we mean by equal pay for work of equal value?Įqual pay means that all workers have the right to receive equal remuneration for work of equal value. On the first International Equal Pay Day, 18 September, take a closer look at the gender pay gap and what can be done to close it. It is estimated that the widespread effects of COVID-19 could push 96 million people into extreme poverty by 2021, bringing the total number of women and girls living on USD 1.90 per day to 435 million The adverse impacts are exacerbated even more by crises. These discrepancies in pay add up and have real, daily negative consequences for women and their families. For women of colour, immigrant women, and women with children, the difference is even greater. Globally, the gender pay gap stands at 16 per cent, meaning women workers earn an average of 84 per cent of what men earn.
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