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Sep. 24, 2009

EPSU submits response to EU 'roadmap for equality' consultation

(24 September 2009, Brussels) “EPSU agrees that the economic crisis is the main medium term challenge. It means first to monitor the possible differentiated impact on women and men on

Feb. 10, 2010

Reducing the gender pay gap – implementing the equal pay resolutions from the 2009 EPSU Congress

Gender pay gap questionnaire, February 2010 The gender pay gap was discussed at each of the last meetings of the Local and Regional Government (LRG), National and European Administration (NEA)

Feb. 22, 2010

Pay and the gender wage gap in health and social care

{[Report of EPSU Study on pay in the care sector in relation to overall pay levels and the gender pay gap in different countries in the European Union->art6271], by J

Apr. 27, 2010

Women's representation in EPSU and affiliates

Report by SKTF for EPSU, October 2009 (see the 2014 update here http://www.epsu.org/article/epsus-representation-women-affiliates-structures) Executive summary The survey is based on 48 responses from EPSU’s affiliated unions, out of a total

Mar. 04, 2011

Flexible working hours

Flexible working hours can be important for working parents or those with caring responsibilities, so that they can more easily reconcile their work with their private life. This can be

Mar. 07, 2011

Outsourcing

Outsourcing of public services often has more of an impact on the low-paid and predominantly women workers as it is often services like cleaning and catering that are the first

Mar. 07, 2011

Childcare

The provision of childcare can make a significant difference to when and whether women return to work after maternity leave. The state provision of childcare in the Nordic countries is

Mar. 07, 2011

Maternity and parental leave

Maternity and parental leave are important to enable women and their partners time off to bring up their children. However, it is not just the amount of leave, particularly, paid

Mar. 07, 2011

Training

Training can make a difference to women's access to promotion and/or better qualified occupations. The first step is often about ensuring that women know about and have access to relevant

Mar. 07, 2011

Higher pay increases

Higher pay increases for the lower paid benefit both men and women but as women very often make up the majority of low paid workers this should contribute to closing

Mar. 08, 2011

Transparent pay systems

A transparent pay system makes it easier to compare pay between men and women. It is often where there is a range of additional payments, allowances and bonuses that discrimination

Mar. 08, 2011

Involuntary part-time work

In some countries part-time work has grown significantly and in some cases this has been welcomed by women who want and can afford to work fewer hours to improve their

Mar. 08, 2011

Concentration of women in low paying jobs

An important factor in the gender pay is the concentration of women in low paid jobs. This is a difficult area for trade union action as it is about the

Mar. 08, 2011

Gender pay gap

Armenia | Trade union: HWUA | Sector: Health and Social Services | The ratio of the average wage of women to that of men fell from 75.0% in 2005 to

Mar. 08, 2011

Availability of data

Armenia | Trade union: HWUA | Sector: Health and social services | A gender analysis of the situation in all spheres of public and socio-economic life is being conducted with