Iceland forces firms to prove men and women are paid equally

Nordic nation pledges to eradicate gender pay gap by 2022

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Iceland is believed to be the first country in the world to enforce gender pay parity.

In Iceland, and in many other countries, it’s illegal to pay men and women differently on the basis of gender without a valid reason.

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