Gender Pay Gap
According to Eurostat the gender pay gap (difference between average gross hourly earnings of male and female employees as a percentage of male gross earnings) is 16 %. The gender pay gap increases with age, showing the impact of career interruptions women experience during their working life, particularly due to maternity (the so-called motherhood pay gap).
Moreover, the situation worsens when women retire as their pension is - as a consequence of gender pay gap and more precarious working conditions - about 40% less.
- Gender Pay Gap Statistics
- The motherhood pay gap
- EU Action Plan 2017-2019 - Tackling the gender pay gap
- Commission recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency
- Report on the implementation of Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency
- Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)
- The 40% gender pension gap: how Parliament wants to narrow it (interview)
- Understanding the gender pay gap: definition and causes
- Gender pay gap in Europe: facts and figures (infographic)
- How to close the gender pay gap in the EU (video)