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Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Iceland becomes the first country to make paying women less for the same work illegal

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Source:     Daily Kos
Publication Date:     Tuesday Jan 02, 2018 · 3:38 PM PST
 Link: Iceland becomes the first country to make paying women less for the same work illegal
Stephan:   Here is good news, and another example of how the Nordic countries, which are dedicated to societal wellbeing, are able to produce the kind of successful society that we can not seem to attain in the United States, where greed and profit are the only priorities.

Young girl in Iceland
Credit: Daniel Mihailescua/AFP

Over here in the United States, women are still struggling for the right to not have their boss dictate whether they have health insurance coverage for their birth control. In Iceland, instead of fighting like mad to not slide back into a real-life The Handmaid’s Tale-esque dystopia, women just got a big boost in getting fair wages; gender pay inequity is now officially illegal in the country. AlJazeera reports:

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.

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

Those that fail to prove pay parity will face fines.

People familiar with Iceland’s history in handling gender inequality wouldn’t be surprised. According to the World Economic Forum, Iceland ranks #1 in the world for gender equity—and has for nine years in a row. For comparison, the […]

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1 Comment

  1. Mark R on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    Laws may fix the symptom but fail to fix the the real problem..which is prejudice and patent stupidity that leads to treating women as inferior in the first place..