Gender pay gap gets worse in Switzerland

2/22/2021 2:39:00 PM

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Swiss women continue to be paid less than men, particularly in the public sector. The so-called gender wage gap got marginally worse between 2014 and 2018 despite persistent Political efforts to tackle wage packet inequality.

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On average, women were paid 19% less than male counterparts in the same job in 2018 compared to an 18.1% discrepancy in 2014. The latest figures from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) cover a period of intense public and political debate about the issue, which culminated in a new law in December 2018 . Companies with over 100 employees now have to conduct regular gender pay audits and inform employees and shareholders of the results.

The gender wage gap remained roughly the same for the private sector as a whole, but with significant differences between individual sectors. Women were awarded considerably less pay than men in banking and insurance jobs compared to the hospitality industry. In government and local authority jobs, the gap increased from 16.6% to 18.1% in the four-year period.

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