Appendix 1: Survey on equal pay for work of equal value

After a short presentation of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ project, the following questions were put to the identified key persons (see Appendix 2), employer organisations (in the private as well as public sector), trade union confederations and authorities, as well as researchers and other experts involved in issues related to the gender pay gap:

What are the main problems, challenges and needs you see related to the issue of equal pay for work of equal value, including differences in pay between male- and female-dominated occupations and/or sectors?
Do you have any proposals for action and approaches in relation to the issue of equal pay for work of equal value (pay equity)?
What possible ways forward do you see in the interaction between legal and contractual regulation, i.e. legislation and cooperation between social partners, and what obstacles or conflicts of objectives exist?
Do you have any comments on the EU Pay Transparency Directive, Iceland’s equal pay standard or other models that have been proposed or tried?