Equal pay day highlights gender pay gap
Today is EU equal pay day and it is being highlighted that women in the Ireland are earning more than a tenth less than men doing the same work.
Hourly pay rates for women are 13.9% lower than those of their male colleagues.
The European Commission's study shows some improvement is being made though, with the gap closing on average in countries across Europe by 1.3% in three years.
The average gap across the EU is 16.2%.
The gender pay gap, 2010 figures:
Belgium - 10.2
Bulgaria - 13
Czech Rep - 21.6
Denmark - 16.0
Germany - 22.3
Estonia - 27.7
Ireland - 13.9
Greece - 22.0 (2008)
Spain - 16.2
France - 15.6
Italy - 5.3
Cyprus - 16.8
Latvia - 15.5
Lithuania - 14.6
Luxembourg - 8.7
Hungary - 17.6
Malta - 13.4
Netherlands - 17.8
Austria - 24
Poland - 4.5
Portugal - 12.8
Romania - 8.8
Slovenia - 0.9
Slovakia - 19.6
Finland - 20.3
Sweden - 15.4
UK - 19.5
