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Gender pay gap: NZ women now effectively working for free until end of year (www.1news.co.nz)

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As of today, New Zealand women are effectively working for free until the end of the year because of the 8.2% gender pay gap.

Based on that gap, the average Kiwi woman is paid 336 days for the equivalent of 366 days for men, according to the Ministry for Women.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (34 children)

The way they calculate it is so simplistic...

Pay for males – Pay for females  
___________________________________   x 100
            Pay for males

It doesn't take into account what kind of job the person is doing, where they are working, in which industry, work experience, etc. Just median hourly pay across everything with no nuance.

It's like comparing a newbie and a senior by median pay and claiming they should be paid the same because they are human.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

At this point its just stupid to call it a "pay" gap. There hasnt been a statistically relevant pay gap in western countries with gender equality laws for a long time. What does exist is discrimination and a hiring/promotion gap. Proponents of the term "pay gap" are just shooting themselves in the foot by refusing to actually name the thing that they are fighting for.

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