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From today women work for ‘free’
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Throughout Europe, women on average earn two months’ less salary than men. In Hungary, the situation is even worse.
Women technically work for free or two months of the year, writes Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu. From the 2nd of November, only men get paid for their work. The European Commission has illustrated the difference between men’s and women’s salary: in Hungary the hourly rates are even worse than the EU average, while the situation is slightly better concerning wages.
In Europe, women’s average hourly rate is 16.3% less than men’s. If thought of in terms of days, women don’t get paid for their work from the 2nd of November until the end of the year. The gap is even bigger when it comes to total wages, totaling 41.1%.
In the long run, this affects pensions. The average pension for women is 39% less than men’s due to the discrepancy.
In Hungary, the difference between women’s and men’s average hourly rate is 18.4%, while it is 32.7% in total wages.