Thursday, March 20, 2014

World Equal Pay

From Wikipedia:
"Equal pay for equal work"

CountryMain legal provisions
AustriaThe 1979 Act on Equal Treatment on Men and Women (as amended since)
BelgiumThe 1999 Law on Equal Treatment for Men and Women (Articles 12 and 25) and the Royal Decree of 9 December 1975.
BulgariaEqual pay for equal work included in the labour code.
Czech RepublicRemuneration 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.
DenmarkThe 1976 Act on Equal Pay for Men and Women, as amended since to include additional points.
FinlandThe 1995 Constitution (section 5, paragraph 4) and the Act on Equality between Men and Women (section 8, paragraph 2).
FranceThe 1946 Constitution and Articles L.140.2 and thereafter of the Labour Code.
GermanyThe 1949 Constitution or 'Basic Law' (Article 3), and the Civil Code (Articles 611a and 612).
GreeceThe 1975 Constitution (Article 22(1)), as amended in 2001, and Law 1484/1984 (Article 4).
HungaryEqual pay for equal work included in the constitution.
IrelandThe 1998 Employment Equality Act (IE9909144F), repealing the 1974 Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act and the 1977 Employment Equality Act.
ItalyThe Constitution (Articles 3 and 37),Law 903/1977 (Article 2) and Law 125/1991.
LatviaEqual pay for equal work included in the labour code.
LiechtensteinEqual pay for equal work included in the civil code.
LithuaniaEqual pay for equal work included in the labour code.
LuxembourgThe 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).
NetherlandsThe Constitution (Article 1) and the 1994 Law on Equal Treatment.
NorwayThe 1978 Act on Gender Equality.
PolandThe 1952 constitution of the People’s Republic of Poland states (Chapter VII, Article 66).
PortugalThe Constitution (Article 59) and Law 105/1997 relating to equal treatment at work and in employment.
RomaniaEqual pay for equal work included in the constitution
SlovakiaEqual pay for equal work included in the constitution.
SpainThe Constitution (Article 35), and the Workers' Statute (Articles 17 and 28).
SwedenThe 1980 Act on Equality between Men and Women/Equal Opportunities Act, as amended since.
UKThe 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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