… in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often accompanied by poor … who can no longer take care of themselves. Also in the labour market, it is women who are the carers, with 76 % of … and of the pandemic, care workers are some of the lowest paid people in the EU. Their low salaries are a reflection of …
… to the principle that equal work of equal value should be paid the same, regardless of who’s doing it. And yet, women are still paid on average 14 % less per hour than men. At the European … equal than others’. How to clear all this bias out of our labour market? Pay transparency legislation would certainly …
… the pandemic, with 7.7 million women unable to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and … already seeing larger shares of women than men leaving the labour market completely. Out of people who were unemployed … This can, of course, make it difficult to find time for paid work -- as was the case for 7.7 million women before the …
… done by women. The same is true of unpaid domestic labour, which still falls largely on the shoulders of women. … will have been the only way you’ve been able to take up paid work. Because otherwise you would have been doing it … apart. Yet domestic work includes some of the most under-paid and under-valued jobs in the labour market. For example, …
… and that greater equality is achieved in both paid and unpaid work. Workers in the care sector, who are … economic shocks created by COVID-19 are likely to derail labour market progress on gender equality, and contribute to future disparities: 'Gender segregation in the labour market has left women disproportionately exposed to …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour market, according to a study by the European Institute … unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …
… Rather, a lower gap can be a consequence of lower labour market participation of women. 68.2 % of women across … pay gap is that, on average, women spend fewer hours in paid work than men. This is the situation in all Member … working in companies with 10 or more employees are paid less than men in all Member States. Women managers in …