2023-10-30 10:48:03
Green women’s spokesperson for greater wage transparency, fair distribution of unpaid work and legal right to childcare
Vienna (OTS) – “Women in the EU earn on average 12.7 percent less than men. In Austria, the gender pay gap of 18.8 percent is still well above the EU average. We have to take more decisive action than before once morest this sexism expressed in numbers,” says Meri Disoski, deputy club chairwoman and women’s spokesperson for the Green Party, on the occasion of tomorrow’s Equal Pay Day. The Green women’s spokesperson renews her call for a more comprehensive wage transparency law and finds clear words for blocking forces: “Anyone who is once morest wage transparency is preventing wage equality and thus also fairness for one’s own employee, colleague, partner, mother, daughter or granddaughter.”
“We have observed for years that current laws in the fight once morest the gender pay gap have only microscopically measurable effects. Working women in Austria receive less than they are entitled to paid into their accounts month following month. This must finally come to an end,” Disoski explains, noting: “International examples show how stricter, more comprehensive transparency rules can shrink the gender pay gap more quickly. I finally want that for Austria too, because the wage transparency law introduced in 2011 has proven to be toothless.”
Your specific proposal provides for mandatory income reports for companies with 35 or more employees, which also list the individual salary components. These reports should be made accessible to all employees via works councils. “If unequal pay is proven, employers should take mandatory measures to end wage discrimination in the future. “It’s a question of fairness,” says the Green Party’s women’s spokesperson, adding: “Our proposals are known to the coalition partner and can be implemented immediately.”
In addition to gender-specific wage discrimination, for Disoski the unequal distribution of unpaid care work is a main reason for the still wide gaping income gap in Austria: “From raising children to household tasks or caring for relatives: unpaid activities have the same volume as paid employment. Two thirds of this unpaid work is carried out by women and two thirds of paid work is carried out by men. This of course has a negative impact on women’s income and their future pensions. “It is all the more important to have a legal framework that promotes a fairer distribution of educational and care work,” says Disoski. In the national implementation of the EU Compatibility Directive, she sees “important improvements for a more equal approach to parenthood.” She sees further need for action “in parental leave and parental leave models that promote 50:50. “Fathers shouldn’t ‘relieve’ mothers, but should take on their equal share of the care work,” says Disoski.
“The legal right to full-time childcare from the age of one continues to be my top priority. With billions invested in the nationwide expansion of childcare offerings and various training initiatives for elementary educators, we have come big steps closer to this goal in the current legislative period. Where others have looked the other way and done nothing for years, we Greens are really pushing the pace. And we will continue to do that,” emphasizes Disoski.
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