Iceland has become the first country in the world to require women and men to be paid equally.
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Anonymous
| So if a male elementary school teacher is teaching a class of 1st graders and he has 2 years experience, and a female teacher is teaching a class of 1st graders and she has 20 years experience should they be paid exactly the same? I mean they are both teaching a class of first graders. |
Anonymous
The man could argue that and win. |
Anonymous
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Iceland is way ahead of the rest of the world in being self sufficient with renewable energy. They don't need the rest of the world!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Iceland |
Anonymous
All we need to do it to build everyone city in the world on top of an active volcano! |
Anonymous
I bet if you read the nitty gritty parts of the law you’ll find an exception for pay structures that reward employees based on tenure or advanced degrees. So in the example above, all male and female teachers with 20 years of experience are paid the same, and are paid more than all male and female teachers with 2 years of experience. |
Anonymous
It's a shame there has to be a law to make things fair for women. It's better for society |
Anonymous
| Women would be paid the same in the US also if women weren't the normal caregivers and the only ones to take 12 weeks off. Men are more equal in marriages in Iceland and do take paternity leave there. |
Anonymous
| If the women were hot beautiful in the USA it would work here too |