Equal Pay Day in Finland
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Gender Pay Gap in Finland
The gender pay gap in Finland is on a normal level above EU average with 17.4 per cent (2016), a decline of the gap can be measured since 2006 (21 per cent).
Equal Pay Day in Finland
BPW Finland organises the central EPD campaign culminating in the Equal Pay Day in spring. The EPD has been celebrated in Finland since 2010.
In autumn, The Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK organises the “Women’s Pay Day” campaign. This engagement in has been built sind since 2011.
Equal Pay Day 2016
On March 8, 2016, BPW Finland organised a postcard activity. Postcards with information and claims for equal pay have been sent to the Members of Parliament and the Prime Minister. Already in autumn, BPW Finland started to dissemate information on equal pay in and around Helsinki as well as Tampere.
Related Links
European Commission: Exchange of good practices on gender equality - comments paper Finland
STTK: Equal Pay for Equal Work
European Commission: The gender pay gap in the European Union - Infographic
European Commission: The gender pay gap in Finland
European Commission: Combatting pay discrimination in Finland
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XYMVSivCos For the same job the same salary