Belgium: trade unions point out wage gap between men and women

According to a survey based on 20000 workers, the gender gap in terms of salaries is 24 % on a yearly basis and 12 % on an hourly basis. The presence of trade unions in the firm has a tendency to reduce this gap. The federation of Christian trade unions (CSC) and socialist trade unions (FGTB) continues to demand this presence in SMEs. (Ref. 061235)
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According to the FGTB, these gaps are notably due to part-time employment, the size of firms (women work most often in small firms which, in general, pay less), the type of function, the age and the seniority (seniority is often less taken into account for women during the negotiation of an employment contract), the department of the firm where they work and union presence. But « when all these factors are put aside, that is to say when one compares the wages of a man and a woman which have exa

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