Prague – The biggest differences in the wages of men and women are in business positions and in accounting, according to a salary analysis provided to ČTK by the staffing agency Grafton Recruitment. According to data from the Czech Statistical Office, men take more money, especially in the Zlín, Hradec Králové and South Bohemia regions. The average difference in the Czech Republic is 17.7 percent, making the Czech Republic the fourth worst in the European Union according to Eurostat.
In the Zlín region, the difference was almost 19 percent. The Královéhradecky and South Bohemian Regions took the second and third place in this ranking with a difference of 16 percent. Conversely, the smallest ten percent difference is in the Karlovy Vary region. In absolute numbers, women in the Zlín region earn 7,573 crowns less than men, in the Karlovy Vary region this difference amounts to 3,679 crowns. The amounts are based on the median, i.e. the average value of monthly wages.
“There can be many reasons why the differences in some regions are greater than in others. From the employment structure in a given region, to the degree of representation of international companies, to the birth rate and the availability of pre-school care,” said Jitka Kouba, marketing director of Grafton Recruitment. According to her, the settlement is coming. The EU directive helps, according to which from June 2027, companies with more than 150 employees will have to report every year that they do not make differences in wages. The novelty allows for transparency already during the recruitment interview.
According to an analysis of the salaries of applicants to whom Grafton Recruitment arranged a job for the main job in 2023, women in accounting or sales positions earn 22 percent less than men. The analysis recorded a 16 percent difference in the position of operator in production, 12 percent in administrative positions, and four percent in software development.
Almost three-quarters of respondents perceive a gender pay gap according to the Grafton Recruitment survey. They cite historical or cultural customs, different negotiation skills or simply gender discrimination as reasons. 27 percent do not perceive the differences. “These are mainly employees of globally operating companies that, even without regulation, respect equal pay and transparency,” explained Kouba.
In particular, corporate companies that have already experienced this process in their countries of origin, or companies for which it is an internal value, approach salary matching, pointed out the director of Grafton Recruitment, Martin Malo. “Among the sectors where the principle of identical remuneration is carried out are, for example, business services, retail, telecommunications, banking, but also, for example, production or logistics, especially for lower or medium-skilled positions,” he added.
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Source: www.ceskenoviny.cz
