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      The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career path.

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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Definition of pay gap

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  • Pay transparency: The next step to end the gender pay gap

    … Scheele delivered this speech at a public hearing on pay transparency organised by the European Economic and … founding treaty includes a commitment to end the gender pay gap. Since 1957, we’ve been signed up to the principle that …

    Topics
    • Employment
  • What lies behind the gender pay gap?

    … The gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16 % and has barely changed in the last decade. In most EU countries, the gender pay gap is slowly reducing but in Malta, Portugal and Slovenia, …

  • Gender pay gap in ICT and platform work

    … policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In 2018, on average, women’s gross hourly pay was 14.8 % lower than men’s (Eurostat, 2020). The pay gap …

  • Conference on the exchange of best practices on the gender pay gap

    … The gender pay gap will be the subject of a tripartite conference which will … enterprises may implement in order to eliminate the gender pay gap and promote the principle of equal pay between men …

    Date
    29 Oct 2012, 8:30 EET - 30 Oct 2012, 17:30 EET Europe/Athens
  • EHRC Equal Pay Workshop: Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Europe – Equality Body Solutions

    … National Equality bodies (NEBs) with expertise on equal pay issues to explore solutions to close the gender pay gap. The workshop gave the opportunity to share and learn …

    Date
    03 Mar 2011, 10:00 EET - 04 Mar 2011, 14:00 EET Europe/Athens
  • Gender pay gap and policies to improve work-life balance

    … of the EU, the report gives an overview of the gender pay gap across the EU. It provides insights into the gender gap … of service). It explores the links between the gender pay gap and emerging policy discourse on improving work-life …

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    • Employment
  • EESC online Public Hearing: Pay transparency - The next step to end the gender pay gap

    … to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms - "binding pay … for workers doing the same work, as well as gender pay gap reporting obligations for big companies. The proposal …

    Date
    05 May 2021, 10:00 CEST - 05 May 2021, 11:30 CEST Europe/Brussels
  • Better work-life balance would shrink the gender pay gap

    … The gender pay gap reveals the different realities that women and men face … can help to boost women’s employment and close the gender pay gap, but only if both women and men have support from …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
  • Tackling the gender pay gap: not without a better work-life balance

    … This research note provides an overview of the gender pay gap across the EU, with insights on how it relates to the … gap. Moreover, it explores the links between the gender pay gap and emerging policies aimed at improving work-life …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
  • Gender pay gap audit and elimination – Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT)

    … slightly less than their male colleagues (the gender pay gap amounted to 2 %). This result reflects the implementation … of fairness and social justice by ensuring equal pay for equal work. At organisational level, study programmes …

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    Lithuania
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    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Gender pay gap audit and elimination – Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT)

    … slightly less than their male colleagues (the gender pay gap amounted to 2 %). This result reflects the implementation … of fairness and social justice by ensuring equal pay for equal work. At organisational level, study programmes …

    Country
    Lithuania
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Webinar about the importance of educational inclusion in STEM careers to close the gender pay gap

    … educational inclusion in STEM careers to close the gender pay gap. EIGE's researcher Irene Rioboo will participate as one …

    Date
    07 Mar 2023, 0:00 EET Europe/Vilnius
  • Information and networking meeting: projects on gender equality in economic decision making and the gender pay gap

    … equality in economic decision making and on the gender pay gap , funded in the framework of PROGRESS. The aim is to get …

    Date
    20 Jun 2014, 9:00 EEST - 20 Jun 2014, 17:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Ex-ante publicity notice: Member States legal and policy measures to tackle the gender pay gap

    … States legal and policy measures to tackle the gender pay gap and to provide an evidence of successful initiatives. All …

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  • Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the European Union: How closing the gender gaps in labour market activity and pay leads to economic growth

    … women’s participation in the work force and closing the pay gap between women and men will have a positive impact on … still persistent gender gaps in labour market activity and pay, which result in lower employment rates for women, …

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  • Paying the price for motherhood

    … income sources, measures and breakdowns in gender gaps in pay that combine the effect of individual, household, … to 18 121 PPS. The latter increases sustained the gender gap in disposable income at 4 % to women’s disadvantage. This … measures, for example the EU average gender pay gap of 16 % or the gender gap in overall earnings of 40 % …

  • Second European Equal Pay Day

    … The  European Equal Pay Day  (EEPD) is held annually and marks the  extra number … press release  by the European Commission on the Equal Pay Day.   Gender Pay Gap posters by the European Commission:   …

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    02 Mar 2012, 0:00 EET - 03 Mar 2012, 0:00 EET Europe/Athens
  • Live #AskTheExpert webinar: Gender equality – It’s not all about pay

    … week 25-29 October 2021 and to mark  European Equal Pay Day  on 10 November 2021, European Institute for Gender … a joint webinar: Gender Equality – It’s not all about pay. Join the conversation Moderated by  Maria Jepsen , … will be examining the root causes of the EU’s gender pay gap. Together with  Frances Fitzgerald , Member of the …

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    10 Nov 2021, 16:00 EET - 10 Nov 2021, 17:00 EET Europe/Vilnius
  • Delivering pension justice for our daughters and sons—so they don’t pay tomorrow for today’s inequalities

    … earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same job. Pay secrecy is helping mask deeper inequalities, while shocks … and other social benefits. And women continue to pay the price for this well into retirement, with pensions … employment, then Europe faces an even wider pensions gap within a generation. The EU is taking action by moving …

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    • Migration
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  • Poverty

    … employment rate than men in all Member States, with the gap particularly pronounced in some countries. When women are … of household work, gender employment segregation, bias and pay systems, the gender pay gap and feminisation of lower paid and less valued …

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