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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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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

I call it The Earning Gap

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Could you elaborate on the difference?

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago

The difference is that he's not stupid.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, what a smackdown. Did you tell your friends on the schoolyard?

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 points 3 weeks ago

Of course not you are not the interesting kind of stupid.

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