NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO TACKLE GENDER PAY GAP ENCOURAGES HR COMMUNITY TO ACT SWIFTLY
September 1st, 2017
THE EAST and south-east Asia HR sector is feeling the heat more than ever to plug the region’s gaping gender pay gap in the wake of a new initiative - launched on the fringes of the UN general assembly in New York last week (September 18).
The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) led by the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO), UN Women and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has added a new sense of urgency to tackle the issue.
Its aim is to achieve equal pay for equal value of work by 2030 – regardless of gender– ...
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