From November 3rd, Europeans work free

European women earn on average 16.2% less than their male counterparts, the equivalent of 40 days of work.

It remains close to 41 working days before the end of 2018. But for European women, who earn 16.2% less than their male counterparts according to Eurostat, these 41 days count for butter.

From November 3rd, this Saturday, Europeans symbolically cease to be paid for their work. A situation on which the European Commission has decided to alert by making this day the "European Day of Equal Pay".

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This average hides, however, significant disparities. The differences range from 3.3% in Slovenia to 25.3% in Estonia, 5.3% in Italy, 21% in the United Kingdom or 21.5% in Germany.

These figures, calculated by comparing the gross hourly wages of employees in industry, construction and services, are, however, to be taken with caution. As the relief The world, Italy's small gap is not synonymous with gender equality: the female employment rate is only 52.5%.

From November 6th for French women

France can boast a figure slightly lower than the European average. With 15.2% difference on average (against 15.7% in 2011), the French women have a few days of reprieve: the symbolic suspension of their remuneration will intervene "only" on November 6th. A respite, certainly, but very insufficient for the feminist newsletter The Glorious who has planned on that date a movement called # 6November15h35 to denounce the persistent wage gaps.

The Glorieuses also rely on the 2018 key figures on gender equality to indicate that, for equal work, taking into account age groups, the contract, the time, the sector of activity and the size of the company, the pay gap between women and men is 9%.

"Pure discrimination", they write, calling on the government for measures in favor of the transparency of the wages, where to the equality of the duration of the paternity and maternity leave. A plan to fight the pay gap between men and women was announced in late October by Labor Minister Muriel Penicaud.