Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur was the first municipality in Iceland to receive equal pay certification and the certified equal pay mark from the Ministry of Welfare in August 2017. A maintenance audit carried out by BSI in Iceland this December reveals a reduction in the pay gap of 1.4 percentage points since the equal pay mark was awarded. In August 2017, the pay gap was 4.81%, in favour of men, but it now stands at 3.41%.<\/p>\n
The results of the maintenance certification by BSI (British Standards Institution) in Iceland, an accredited certification body, confirm that the municipality meets the requirements set out in the gender equality standard, \u00cdST 85:2012. The auditor's summary states that there is a great deal of consensus among the management and responsible parties of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's equal pay system regarding its optimisation for both employees and the municipality. No non-conformities were found, but there is scope for further improvement, which will be addressed in the coming months. \u201eIt is a major priority for us that pay decisions across the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur reflect the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, regardless of gender and other factors. We are on the right track and will hopefully achieve pay equality and eliminate the gender pay gap in the municipality in the very near future. The results of the maintenance certification are extremely pleasing, and the great deal of work that has been put into this long-term project is clearly paying off.\u201c<\/em> says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, after the results were presented to her and the council's department heads. The outcome of the pay analysis provides grounds for adjustments to the pay equity criteria and job classification, as well as their linkage to the pay analysis. These points, along with others, have already been included in the municipality's action plan and the improvements will be reviewed in the next audit, which will take place in August 2019. The aim of implementing equal pay certification is to establish and maintain pay equality within the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and to fulfil the employer's obligations to ensure equal rights for women and men, pay them equal wages, and guarantee they receive the same terms and conditions for the same or equally valued work. The equal pay system provides management with a clearer view of pay analysis, improvement projects, monitoring of actions, and confirmation that the established equality policy is being followed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r var fyrsta sveitarf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi til a\u00f0 f\u00e1 jafnlaunavottun og votta\u00f0 jafnlaunamerki fr\u00e1 velfer\u00f0arr\u00e1\u00f0uneytinu \u00ed \u00e1g\u00fast 2017. Vi\u00f0haldsvottun sem framkv\u00e6md var af BSI \u00e1 \u00cdslandi n\u00fa \u00ed desember lei\u00f0ir \u00ed lj\u00f3s l\u00e6kkun \u00e1 launamun um 1,4% fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 jafnlaunamerki\u00f0 var afhent. \u00cd \u00e1g\u00fast 2017 var launamismunur 4,8%, karlm\u00f6nnum \u00ed hag, en m\u00e6list n\u00fa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13699"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}