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Abstract
Collective bargaining is one of the most important trade union tools to reach fair pay. Paradoxically the economic crisis of 2008 enforced trade unions to bargain for equality and collective agreements served to reduce pay inequalities.
Despite of the importance of collective bargaining to deal with inequalities, there are difficulties like “women tend to be less involved and represented, therefore their needs and specific pay issues are “routinely ignored”.
So, the equal representation of women in collective bargaining teams and decision-making processes is important too.
Further, collective agreements need to be systematically checked for their gender impact. Not only the collective agreements but also other measures taken by social partners at different level could serve to reduce gender pay gap(GPG). Such measures are the gender equality plans (at company or sectoral level) including also the topic of equal pay. Here we have 10 good practices in concern of the above measures.