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Gender Pay Gap in Estonia
With a gap of 26.9 per cent (2015), Estonia has the highest gender pay gap among the member states of the European Union. Furthermore, the gender pay gap remains relatively stable at a high level despite the fact that the wage pay has decreased by three percentage points in the last 10 to 15 years.
Equal Pay Day in Estonia
Equal Pay Day 2016
On April 11, 2016, the Equal Pay Day in Estonia will be celebrated. Around 80 restaurants, cafés and pubs offer their meals with and without dill. The meals with dill are 28.3 per cent more expensive than the ones without dill. Using or not using dill originates in a wordplay with the Estonian word for dill.
Furthermore, shops have been asked to exhibit red bags in their windows symbolising their support the the claim for equal pay. In addition, information materials are distributed.
Information on the Equal Pay Day campaign can be found here.
Equal Pay Day 2015
The Equal Pay Day has been held on April 25, 2015. The main theme of the activities related to young parents and how they can reconciliate their career and family life. On the EPD, restaurants offered their dishes with special ingredients 29.9 per cent pricier than without. Certain restaurants also offered the "soup for working women" and shops joined the activities with a special discount rate at 29.9 per cent for women on the EPD.
Related Links
European Commission: Exchange of good practices on gender equality - discussion paper Estonia
European Commission: The gender pay gap in the European Union - Infographic
European Commission: The gender pay gap in Estonia
Gender Wage Watchers: Fact Sheet - Gender Pay Gap in Estonia