Equal Pay Day: Kitzbühel women with 21.6 percent less income

Equal Pay Day in the Kitzbühel district today on October 13th; Kitzbühel employees work “free” for 80 days.

KITZBÜHEL DISTRICT. Equal Pay Day is the day from which women work without pay for the rest of the year compared to men.
In the Kitzbühel district this day fell on October 13th this year. This means that the annual income disadvantage of women in the Kitzbühel district compared to their male colleagues is 21.6 percent – that corresponds to 11,933 euros. Statistically speaking, Kitzbühel employees are working a total of 80 days unpaid this year. The Tyrol-wide Equal Pay Day falls today on October 21st, and that for Austria on November 1st.

“Poverty in old age is female”

The ÖGB regional women’s chairwoman Biljana Vrzogic calls for clear legal regulations to guarantee fair pay:

“We need more transparency on wages, sound wage reporting and effective penalties for companies that violate the principle of equal pay.”

She also emphasizes that the income gap in working life has consequences for later retirement: “Poverty in old age is female”.

“Women compensate for the lack of structures”

Vrzogic sees a massive lag in opportunities to combine family and work. “A comprehensive range of all-day, free children’s education and care facilities from their first birthday onwards is long overdue.” “We also need more offers in the area of ​​care to relieve the burden on caring relatives, because they are mostly women,” she emphasizes.

“It is no coincidence that women in particular work part-time or not at all – they are the ones who have to compensate for the lack of these structures.” “Child education and care are not luxury goods, but basic requirements for equal opportunities,”

emphasizes the trade unionist.

“Standstill ended”

Tyrol’s ÖGB state women’s chairwoman Sonja Föger-Kalchschmied also holds the future federal government accountable: “It is time to end the standstill in women’s policy and finally initiate far-reaching reforms.” We need a reduction in working hours with full wage compensation, from which women in particular benefit. In addition, measures must finally be implemented that distribute unpaid care work fairly and thus enable women to achieve economic independence.”

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Restart of the Women’s Career Center in Kitzbühel

Women earn almost 12,000 euros less per year