Equal pay is a must! Companies in Iceland can't pay women less than men

Iceland in June 2017 put the onus of mandating the 'Equal Pay Standards' on institutions rather the employee filing a complaining about gender discrimination.

Setting an example for the world to follow, this new year Iceland ensured that companies within its border do not discriminate amongst its employees based on gender. A law which was passed in June last year and came into effect on January 1, 2018, makes it mandatory for companies to demonstrate that they pay their males and female employees fairly.

Ranked number one in World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, Iceland has championed the cause of women rights and had made it illegal to pay women and men differently on the basis of their gender