In Iceland, equal pay for men and women is provided for by law.

ICELAND EQUAL PAY FOR MEN AND WOMEN

In much of the world the equal pay between men and women It's a utopia, a dream that has been pursued for a long time and that always gets lost in electoral promises. But in Iceland no: this small European country has passed a law that allows women to receive the same salary as their male peers. A real revolution, just think that in Italy not only is such a reform far from being implemented but it is even very difficult to find women among the top positions in companies. Despite the alleged pink quotePresidents and CEOs of listed Italian companies make up only 7 percent of the total. And the presence of women on boards of directors is often accompanied by a sad constant: they lack delegated powers.

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EQUAL PAY LAW

The law passed by thealthingi (the Icelandic parliament where nearly 50 percent of legislators are women), in March 2017, and entry into force at the beginning of 2018, requires all private and public employers (companies, ministries, institutions and public authorities) to prove that women and men receive the same pay for the same qualifications.

The revolutionary Icelandic rules provide thorough checks of the Tax Police and the Lögreglan á Íslandi, a police force with a strong female component. Employers will have to provide on their own initiative sufficient documentation to obtain official certification as a company or institution that complies with the equality. All employers who do not comply with the law will be punished with substantial fines.

EQUAL PAY FOR MEN AND WOMEN

This is a significant step forward for a country already at the top of global gender equality rankings. Today, half of its ministers are women, and there are thousands of talented female figures in literature and academia. To give an idea of ​​just how far gender equality has advanced, one last statistic: eighty percent of Icelandic women work e le housewives they are a small minority. Nevertheless, there is still a lot of discrimination and a government study claims that there are unjustified pay gaps of between 14 and 20 percent in favor of men. This is why it was decided to intervene with the "dura lex." After all, "desperate times call for desperate measures." Even though Icelandic women are often forced to take to the streets to demand compliance with a law that all of Europe's women envy this small country. Among the new demands from movements fighting for equal pay is that of publishing the Salaries sectors, such as healthcare and cleaning, where the majority of workers are women.

ALL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AT WORK:

• Women excluded from Cortina's "regolieri." A slap in the face for gender equality.
• Domestic work, how to pay it. Men should foot the bill at home.
• Public daycare centers: one in three children can't find a place. How do mothers manage to work?
• Housework, the new frontier of equality: what if we divided it between men and women?