Pay transparency can address the gender pay gap. | SMN NEWS

GENEVA (ILO News) – Pay transparency measures can help expose pay differences between men and women and identify the underlying causes, according to a new paper by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

On average, women, are paid about 20 per cent less than men, globally. While individual characteristics such as education, working time, occupational segregation, skills, and experience, explain part of the gender pay gap, a large part is due to discrimination based on gender.

In addition, women have been among the worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including in terms of their income security, disproportionate representation in some hardest-hit ...


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