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The enforcement of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value

A legal analysis of the situation in the EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway

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Sixty years after the principle of equal pay for men and women for equal work or work of equal value was first laid down in Article 119 of the EEC Treaty (currently Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU), the EU today faces a gender pay gap that has remained constant at a relatively high level for decades. The most recent Eurostat data show an average figure of 16.3 % (for the year 2015) for the 28 EU Member States. Although there is a big difference between the countries with the lowest pay gap (Italy and Luxembourg, both with 5.5 % in 2015) and the country with the highest pay gap (Estonia, with 26.9 % in 2015), and although these figures represent the so-called ‘unadjusted’ gender pay gap (i.e. not adjusted according to individual characteristics that may explain part of the difference), there are signs that all over Europe sex-based pay discrimination remains a problem that should not be underestimated.
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ISBN 978-92-79-71471-9
DOI 10.2838/672873
Numero di catalogo DS-01-17-816-EN-N
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ISSN ISBN 978-92-79-71471-9 DOI 10.2838/672873 Numero di catalogo DS-01-17-816-EN-N
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