Pay Gap

The German economy continues to lag behind in terms of gender equality. Only 19.7 per cent of board members at German listed companies are women, and the proportion in management positions is 29 per cent. Parity is also a long way off in politics: there are currently only 204 women in the Bundestag – that is 32.4 per cent of all members of parliament.

Pay transparency is coming! Together with our collaboration partner EAF Berlin, we would like to present four recommendations for action...

The adjusted pay gap is the difference in gross pay between two different groups with comparable characteristics. In order for the groups to have comparable characteristics for the calculation, the part of the earnings difference that is based on structural differences is eliminated. Structural differences include, for example, the level of education, qualifications, work experience and scope of employment.

In May 2023, the member states of the European Union adopted the European Transparency Directive. It creates uniform standards across...

FAIR_solution now additionally considers the diversity dimension diverse gender. With FAIR_solution , the People analytics tool for...

The unadjusted pay gap is the difference between the average gross hourly wage of two different groups. These groups could be, for...