Union of Salaried Employees TU’s study reports gender-related pay gap

Veröffentlicht: 27 August 2009
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TU’s study explains that the pay gap is already considerable before the employees reach 30, and that it is at its widest before retirement when women are paid on average EUR1000 less per month than their male counterparts.



According to the research "Interruptions in women's careers give men an advantage in progressing in their careers and thus also in development of their pay", and "In addition, being a woman may still be, because of, for example, the right to family leave, a handicap when companies promote employees to foreman jobs and to demanding expert jobs.”



The study also indicates that the gender-related pay gap is present regardless of the salary level.



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