Global gender pay gap not narrowing

The gender gap is a social problem on a global as well as a Polish level. According to McKinsey & Company, in Poland women account for more than half of the population and as many as 66 percent of university graduates, but they have a lower share of the labor market and earn disproportionately less. The wage gap, according to the World Economic Forum's latest Global Gender Gap Report 2022, is 8.7 percent, although in some industries and according to some methodologies it is more than twice as high. However, a chance to quickly even it out could be a draft EU directive that would force employers to be more transparent about pay. 

According to a report by the World Economic Forum, on a global scale, the gender gap has only been closed by 68.1 percent.

"At the current rate of progress, it will take us another 132 years or so to straighten out the differences between men and women in terms of the broader gender gap," Dr. Barbara Pawełko-Czajka of the University of Lower Silesia, an expert in labor law, HR and payroll, noted.

In the WEF ranking, Poland was ranked 77th out of 146 countries analyzed (and 30th in Europe).

(Newseria)