Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Iceland makes it illegal to pay women less than men in world first

Iceland has been making headlines lately - first by electing a 41-year-old environmentalist as prime minister, and now by becoming the world's first country to legalize equal pay for men and women. Al Jazeera reports that the tiny Nordic nation first introduced legislation last March to close the wage gap, but the law did not come into effect until the first day of 2018. rel="nofollow" target="_blank"

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/iceland-makes-it-illegal-to-pay-women-less-than-men-in-world-first
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