Tailoring the tool to reality or the reality to the tool? About the equal pay standard and the elimination of the gender pay gap

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Haraldsdóttir, Ragna Kemp, Rafnsdóttir, Guðbjörg Linda, Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg Andrea
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2022
• Subjects: Public Administration; equality; equal pay standard; equal pay certification; gender pay gap; Opinber stjórnsýsla; jafnrétti; jafnlaunastaðall; jafnlaunavottun; kynbundinn launamunur; Launa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2022.18.2.4; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2022.18.2.4

In order to combat the gender pay gap in Iceland and promote equality in the labour market, equal pay certification was enacted with the equal pay standard by law no. 56/2017. The purpose of the standard is for organizations to implement an equal pay system, which ensures that decisions do not inclu...