{"id":35027,"date":"2018-01-02T08:16:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T07:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=35027"},"modified":"2018-01-02T08:16:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T07:16:05","slug":"iceland-becomes-first-country-to-legalise-equal-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/iceland-becomes-first-country-to-legalise-equal-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland Becomes First Country To Legalise Equal Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Iceland, an example of what happens if you actually elect women. In Iceland, it’s now illegal to pay men more than women. Iceland legalises equal pay between men and women in a world first. A new law making it illegal to pay men more than women has taken effect in Iceland.<\/p>\n

The legislation, which came into force on Monday, the first day of 2018, makes Iceland the first country in the world to legalise equal pay between men and women.<\/p>\n

Under the new rules, companies and government agencies employing at least 25 people will have to obtain government certification of their equal-pay policies.<\/p>\n

Those that fail to prove pay parity will face fines. “The legislation is basically a mechanism that companies and organisations … evaluate every job that’s being done, and then they get a certification after they confirm the process if they are paying men and women equally,” said Dagny Osk Aradottir Pind, a board member of the Icelandic Women’s Rights Association….Iceland Country Legalise Equal Pay
\n<\/a>The Global Gender Gap Report<\/a> 2017\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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