
Pay transparency: closing the gender pay gap
In segregated labour markets, women need hypothetical comparators and collective support to make equal-pay claims.
Author profile

Dr Jane Pillinger is a researcher specialising in pay equity and gender-based violence and harassment at work. She is author of a policy brief from the European Trade Union Institute on ‘The role of hypothetical comparators in determining equal pay for work of equal value’.

In segregated labour markets, women need hypothetical comparators and collective support to make equal-pay claims.