The pay gap between men and women in Switzerland has increased slightly,amounting to hundreds of francs per month on average. Men earned 19.6% more pay than female colleagues in 2016, compared to a 19.5% contrast in 2012. While some of this gap can be explained by length of service, and additional qualifications and the like,in more than four out of ten cases researchers could see no reason why women are paid less. In terms of francs and cents, women received CHF657 ($659) less per month than colleagues with precisely the same qualifications in 2016. In 2012 it was CHF585 less, or according to a report published by the Federal Statistical Office on Thursday. modern law It remains to be seen how the wage gap between the sexes will be affected by modern legislation that was approved by parliament in December. From now on,companies with over 100 employees will have to do regular pay fairness checks and make results known to staff and unions. Pay discrepancy varies according to the type of ...
Source: swissinfo.ch