Equal salary

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Equal Salary is a certificate for companies to prove compliance with equal pay between women and men. It is awarded by the Equal Salary Foundation in Vevey . The certificate is intended to improve the company's attractiveness on the job market , promote internal wage satisfaction and strengthen the company's overall image.

Background and origin

Equal Salary was developed in Switzerland with the support of the Federal Office for Equality between Women and Men ( financial aid under the Equal Opportunities Act ) . The aim was to establish a procedure that enables companies to prove a gender-equitable wage policy without confidential data having to be made public.

Methodologically, this is made possible thanks to a statistical wage analysis. With the calculation of wage equations ( regression analyzes ), the influence of various explanatory factors such as educational level, professional experience, seniority, job-related factors and other aspects that are important for the company are calculated. Equal pay is observed if gender-specific wage differences can be explained by such objective, non-discriminatory factors.

Certification process

All private and public companies and organizations can obtain the certificate. The certification is managed by a certification body (currently the Société Générale de Surveillance ). The process consists of two phases. The first phase is the statistical wage analysis, carried out in the Observatoire universitaire de l'emploi (OUE) of the University of Geneva . In the second phase, an on-site audit and a written survey of employees take place in order to record the implementation of the gender equality wage policy. If problems are discovered during these audits, companies are encouraged to resolve them.

If both phases can be successfully completed, the company will be awarded the Equal Salary Label for a period of three years . During this time, two control audits take place.

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