In most countries, men and women doing the same work earn different amounts. Despite efforts to close the gender wage gap, it persists, particularly in advanced industrial countries. In 2018, Iceland introduced the first policy in the country to require companies and institutions with more than 25 employees to prove that they pay men and women equally for a job of equal value. The policy is implemented through a job evaluation tool called the Equal Wage Management Standard, or simply ‘the system’. Beginning in 2020, certification became a requirement and companies without certification incurred a daily fine.
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