Equality in focus: Equal Pay Day 2023 in Bregenz and its episodes [embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzwiyt6e [/embed]

Equality in focus: Equal Pay Day 2023 in Bregenz and its episodes [embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzwiyt6e [/embed]

For many, the Equal Pay Day is an important day that focuses on the salary differences between women and men. This year this crucial day falls on November 1st. This means that women will no longer be paid for their work compared to their male colleagues in Austria from this date. The numbers are alarming: women only receive a salary of 304 out of 365 days a year, which makes it clear that they work unpaid for 61 days.

But why are there such differences in payment? Current calculations show that the average annual income of men is 59,258 euros gross, while women only earn 49,438 euros gross. This corresponds to a difference of over 10,000 euros. The Equal Pay Day only shifted by one day compared to the previous year - from October 31, 2023 to the current appointment. This indicates that the situation is slowly improving, because to close the gap, which is known as the gender pay gap, are still missing almost nine weeks.

Regional differences and their causes

The differences between the federal states are very pronounced. For example, women in Vienna work unpaid by November 22, which corresponds to 40 days, while in Vorarlberg, 86 are already unpaid days on October 7th. This means that women in Vorarlberg are at another extreme end of the scale, with an income of 14,258 euros (23.4 %) lower compared to men. In Vienna, the difference is less pronounced with 6,574 euros (10.8 %), which shows that local conditions play a major role.

An essential factor for these income differences is the unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work between the sexes. Women are often employed part -time or do unpaid care work, for example in child rearing or maintaining relatives. This division of labor runs beyond the employment biographies and has long -term consequences, especially when it comes to pension. In 2024, due to this inequality, women will still have to expect around 40.09 percent lower pensions.

In order to draw attention to this grievance, the department of women and equality of the city of Bregenz in cooperation with political representatives: Inside information material and budget plans to the citizens: inside. These budget plans are intended to help distribute the tasks in the household more fair and fair.

The initiative of the Women's Committee of the Austrian Association aims to make discrepancies visible in the payment between men and women and to initiate changes. If you want to learn more about this area, you can download helpful material and the budget on the urban websites.