Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

According to the statement issued on March 7, by the Statistical Office of the European Communities – Eurostat, in 2014, women in the European Union earned on average 16.1% less than men, this means that women earned on average 84 cents for every euro a man makes per hour. The gender pay gap ranged from less than 5% in Slovenia and Malta to more than 20% in Estonia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia. The data published on the occasion of the International Women’s Day shows that with or without children, women are more likely to work part-time while the gap between men and women drastically widens with the number of children.

According to Eurostat, the differences between the average gross hourly earnings cannot be defined solely based on a single principle of equal pay for equal work, but with a number of social, legal and economic factors, including individual characteristics, such as experience and education.

Source: www.euractiv.rs