[Da_Shrimp]

So, are we to believe that in Iceland a company that has a “man” with a PHD and 20 years experience in his field must be paid the same as the lady that cleans the office?

From the article:

evaluate every job that's being done, and then they get a certification after they confirm the process if they are paying men and women equally."

If the job is the same, men and women get paid equally for doing it. Seems clear, and fair, enough.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Even if the job is the same one employee might be much more productive in that job than another either because of experience or personal virtues such as diligence, etc.

Each person should get paid based on his/her own merits.

I can see low level entry workers all getting the same pay, but even then some should get raises quicker if they show more initiative.

[Cen-Tejas]

...........well........”if the job is the same”...........hmmmmm...............if I’m a housecleaning lady I could take the positions that 1. I work at the same company. 2. I show up at the same time. 3. I work harder. 4. I have kids to feed, clothe, educate just like him. 4. My car costs just as much to operate as his. 5. my hospitalization insurance is the same as his. 6. Oh, and their favorite, “equal pay is a “human right”. And, on and on endlessly.

Based upon the too brief article, it just seems that Iceland is opening up a job enrichment plan for lawyers more than anything else.