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March 7, 2022
Dear ,
One small step in the calendar, but a giant leap for equal pay! For the first time in its existence, Germany’s Equal Pay Day takes place before International Women’s Day on March 8. So today is a very special March 7. Slowly but surely, the change we have all been waiting for is happening: the pay gap is closing.
This can be attributed to a whole series of building blocks being put in place: laws on the minimum wage, transparency in pay and tightening up of quotas for women are being applied in Germany. The EU is planning a very much more stringent Equal Pay Directive for the future. So around the world, companies have long been preparing, and are already ahead of the world of politics – such farsightedness is not pure altruism because they know a fair pay strategy gives them a clear competitive advantage. And employees, too, are demanding ever greater transparency.
Combined, these factors are creating a ripple effect that is spreading resolutely outward and the pay gap will decrease very rapidly, very soon.
A look at other countries shows what more we can do to accelerate the process: compulsory transparency; tangible sanctions for companies and relieving the strain on individual employees.
Whoever wants to close the pay gap should not teach women to negotiate better, to choose other professions or think about family planning. Instead, they should change the structures and show companies how they can pay all employees fairly, regardless of sex, marital status or other characteristics.
We are happy to help with all that!
Best wishes, Henrike von Platen
PS: Next week sees the start of the 66th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This year, the focus is on equality and climate justice. I have been involved in the discussion of why fair pay is so decisive for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
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