Jarkko Eloranta, president of the JHL public services union, argues that the government should do more to analyse the effect of collective bargaining on public sector workers and the continuing need to reduce the gender pay gap. The average gap is 18% and the government has a commitment to reduce this to 15%. Jarkko points out that despite it being a legal requirement, many organisations have not drawn up equality plans and have not updated them. He also underlined the importance of continuing to work on measures to reduce inequality despite the pressure from austerity measures. Read more at > JHL (EN)