From Wikipedia:
"Equal pay for equal work"
Country | Main legal provisions |
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Austria | The 1979 Act on Equal Treatment on Men and Women (as amended since) |
Belgium | The 1999 Law on Equal Treatment for Men and Women (Articles 12 and 25) and the Royal Decree of 9 December 1975. |
Bulgaria | Equal pay for equal work included in the labour code. |
Czech Republic | Remuneration for work is regulated by Act no. 1/1992 Coll. on pay, remuneration for overtime, and average income; and by Act no. 43/1991 Coll. on pay and remuneration for overtime in state and some other organisations and bodies. |
Denmark | The 1976 Act on Equal Pay for Men and Women, as amended since to include additional points. |
Finland | The 1995 Constitution (section 5, paragraph 4) and the Act on Equality between Men and Women (section 8, paragraph 2). |
France | The 1946 Constitution and Articles L.140.2 and thereafter of the Labour Code. |
Germany | The 1949 Constitution or 'Basic Law' (Article 3), and the Civil Code (Articles 611a and 612). |
Greece | The 1975 Constitution (Article 22(1)), as amended in 2001, and Law 1484/1984 (Article 4). |
Hungary | Equal pay for equal work included in the constitution. |
Ireland | The 1998 Employment Equality Act (IE9909144F), repealing the 1974 Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act and the 1977 Employment Equality Act. |
Italy | The Constitution (Articles 3 and 37),Law 903/1977 (Article 2) and Law 125/1991. |
Latvia | Equal pay for equal work included in the labour code. |
Liechtenstein | Equal pay for equal work included in the civil code. |
Lithuania | Equal pay for equal work included in the labour code. |
Luxembourg | The 1981 law relating to equal treatment between men and women, and the 1974 Grand-Ducal Regulation of relating to equal pay for men and women (Articles 1, 2, 3(1), 3(2) and 4). |
Netherlands | The Constitution (Article 1) and the 1994 Law on Equal Treatment. |
Norway | The 1978 Act on Gender Equality. |
Poland | The 1952 constitution of the People’s Republic of Poland states (Chapter VII, Article 66). |
Portugal | The Constitution (Article 59) and Law 105/1997 relating to equal treatment at work and in employment. |
Romania | Equal pay for equal work included in the constitution |
Slovakia | Equal pay for equal work included in the constitution. |
Spain | The Constitution (Article 35), and the Workers' Statute (Articles 17 and 28). |
Sweden | The 1980 Act on Equality between Men and Women/Equal Opportunities Act, as amended since. |
UK | The Equal Pay Act 1970, as amended by Equal Value Regulations of 1983, and the Sex Discrimination Act of 1976 and 1986, superseded by the Equality Act 2010. |
" I included this to show what other counties have done to make sure women and men get the same pay for the same work. ^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_pay_for_women
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