No gender pay gap at Hafnarfjörður Municipality

Results
Follow-up audits of the City of Hafnarfjörður's equal pay system show continued positive results.
development towards pay equality within the municipality. Unexplained pay difference is
no longer present and the deviation further decreases between withdrawals, is now 2%,
in favour of men and has thus decreased by 2.8% since the municipality received
Equal Pay Certification two years ago.

A maintenance certification, carried out this August by BSI in Iceland, an accredited certification body, reveals 1.4% less deviation than was measured in the last audit in December.
2018. In August 2017 the spread was 4.8%, in favour of men, in December 2018 it was 3.4% but
is now, after measurements began, at a historic low of 2%. At the same time
The findings show that no unexplained pay gap is now found in
the activities of the municipality. The results of BSI's maintenance certification in Iceland confirm
that the municipality continues to meet the requirements set out in accordance with
the equal pay standard ÍST 85:2012. The City of Hafnarfjörður was the first municipality on
Iceland to receive equal pay certification and the equal pay mark from the Ministry of Welfare in
August 2017.

Success is the result of effort.
cooperation and targeted measures

The municipality operates in accordance with equality
and human rights policy which was adopted in February 2017 and Equality plan
which is an action plan on equality matters, drawn up for a period of four years at a time. „We have taken our equal pay work very seriously
and the results have not been lacking. Unexplained pay differences now belong to the past.
The history and development of the gender pay gap in this long-term project is very positive.
in a short time. The result is the product of the work of the municipal authorities and
there has been a unanimous will within the group to achieve this goal“ says Rósa
Guðbjartsdóttir, the mayor of Hafnarfjörður, who is hopefully proud of the result.
and pleased with the results of the review. In recent months and years, a great deal of work has been done.
takes place within the equal pay system and undertakes actions that have been formulated and targeted
between withdrawals. The equal pay system provides management with a clear view of
payroll analyses, improvement projects, follow-up on actions and confirmation thereof
that the established equality policy is followed through. At the same time, certain
Organisational changes have been made to support future development.
of the equal pay scheme and a human resources representative was appointed to support the area.
Further work on the review of job classification and review is forthcoming.
job descriptions, as well as improving access to information.