Men women equal pay for same job in Iceland

Iceland ranks at the top of the World Economic Forum's 2015 global gender gap index, followed closely by its neighbours Norway, Finland and Sweden. It is recently heard that actors and many celebs come forward and talk about unequal pay gap.

This gender-based discrimination at workplace where a man is paid more than women, for the same amount of work, is not a myth. Women have been fighting for equal rights. And we finally see a silver lining, in Iceland.

Nearly 50% of the lawmakers in the parliament of Iceland are women and the law is expected to take effect from January next year requiring private companies and government agencies to go through audits and receive certification that equal pay is provided.

According  to media report The bill was presented in the parliament on International Women's day, 2017. It requires public and private companies to pay employees equally “regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or nationality”.

“The gender pay gap is unfortunately a fact in the Icelandic labour market and it’s time take radical measures; we have the knowledge and the processes to eliminate it,” Thorstein Viglundsson, minister of social affairs and equality,

The legislation would require companies with 25 or more employees to pass audits in order to receive an equal pay certification, or risk fines. The bill is being considered in the parliament, and could well become law by January, next year.