Poland eleventh among rich countries in terms of working conditions for women
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As every year, PwC experts have prepared a ranking of 32 OECD countries – i.e. the club of the richest countries in the world – in terms of the friendliness of individual labor markets to women. Factors such as gender pay gap, professional activity, and the unemployment rate in both groups, the number of people working full-time and part-time are taken into account. The current edition of the PwC report includes data for 2019.
Poland, like last year, took 11th place, which is due to a low unemployment rate among women, a relatively low gender pay gap, and a large number of full-time employees.
Among other Central and Eastern European countries, Slovenia ranks higher (4th position).
The first three places in the current edition of the ranking are occupied by Iceland, Sweden, and New Zealand, while the last places belong to Mexico, South Korea, and Chile.
Still, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic will be felt more by women than men, say experts from the consulting company PwC. The sectors most affected by coronavirus employ more women than men, and preliminary data already shows that it was women who lost their jobs more often in the past year.
