Iceland just made it illegal to pay men more than women

Mirror ^ | 01/04/2018

[napscoordinator]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

3rd best country in the world. Hope this doesn’t ruin it. We are 13th. lol. USA!!!!!

[The_Media_never_lie]

I could have used all of my immaturity leave during my working career, especially the last few years! ;)

[Cen-Tejas]

I saw that but I am wondering after reading it if this is just a blanket deal with no adjusting for experience, job classification etc etc.

If it’s in the article I did not see it.

[Cen-Tejas]

...........well........”if the job is the same”...........hmmmmm...............if I’m a housecleaning lady I could take the positions that 1. I work at the same company. 2. I show up at the same time. 3. I work harder. 4. I have kids to feed, clothe, educate just like him. 4. My car costs just as much to operate as his. 5. my hospitalization insurance is the same as his. 6. Oh, and their favorite, “equal pay is a “human right”. And, on and on endlessly.

Based upon the too brief article, it just seems that Iceland is opening up a job enrichment plan for lawyers more than anything else.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: 3rd Best country in the world

Of course, they’re happy, they have killed all the Downs Syndrome babies in the womb.

See here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/down-syndrome-iceland/

[Toughluck_freeper]

More absurd regulation.

Now companies of 26 and more employees need to create reports and the government needs to create a bureocracy to read them.

And on top of that, this is a sexist, overbearing regulation. What if two employees have the same job title and function.. and one is more capable than the other? Under a fair environment the more capable employee would earn more.

However, now the company would be forced to pay the less capable employee equal pay to the other, but only if it turns out to be a woman, but not the other way around.

Seems to me very discriminatory and sexist.

[AndyTheBear]

I have an idea then...let us also require that companies not pay women more than men. Also not pay people with dark skin more than those with lighter skin, or those with lighter skin more than those with darker. Also not pay shorter people more than taller people, or taller people more than shorter people. And of course not pay people with blue eyes more than those with brown or those with brown more than those with blue.

In fine, to guarantee there is not a wage gap for reasons that do not have to do with merit, will require all people be paid the same regardless of merit.