[blam]

The people of Iceland (323,000 people) are very closely related and because of this, they are often used in DNA testing.

Iceland's DNA: The World's Most Precious Genes?

Also, DNA testing indicates that the male DNA haplogroups come from Denmark/Sweden and the female DNA haplogroups come from Ireland.

Conclusion: Viking men, on their way to Iceland, stopped at Ireland and kidnapped the prettiest Irish women.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

First country except the USA did it first in 1963 but hey, fake news is all the rage today.

[Robert DeLong]

Posted just 6 posts down from yours.

[Howie66]

It’s obvious as all hell that the Vikings completely ignored Michelle Obama’s ancestors.

[jerod]

Next item on Iceland’s Socialist agenda... Everyone will make the same amount of money... Exceptions made of course for those people who are either politicians, or persons related to or known by politicians. Those people will make extra money, stay at the best resorts and receive additional benefits not enjoyed by the general population.

[robroys woman]

Well, as long as it’s still ok to pay women more than men...

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The real question is: Why is Al Jazeera scoping out Iceland?.

Seems a little off the beaten track for Mohammedan camel humpers …

[Crucial]

But they have made no law against women making more than men.

[MortMan]

Iceland just outlawed meritocracy.

[VietVet876]

This island country has a population of what? 300,000 or so? And they are mostly all related by blood. So almost anything they agree to do is off the wall. It’s on my bucket list of weird places to visit.

[ResponseAbility]

Its all Floki’s fault.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Perfect socialism at work.

[Vinnie]

...to make it illegal to pay men more than women.

Could have unintended consequences, Cutting Male pay to match Female's.

[Mr. K]

I’ve have NEVER interviewed for a job, or seen a posting that said The pay is X for women, and X+15% for men.

The average pay is irrelevant to any individual pay. A person who is paid more for a job is worth more than someone else.

[familyop]

Making refugees welcome: Citizens of Germany, Iceland show the way
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/europe/europe-migrants-welcome/index.html

More than 11,000 Icelanders offer to house Syrian refugees to help European crisis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/more-than-11000-icelanders-offer-to-house-syrian-refugees-to-help-european-crisis-10480505.html

[familyop]

Back in 2016, some African websites were saying that there was a shortage of men in Iceland and that the government of Iceland would pay $5,000 a month to immigrants who marry Icelandic women. Women there were deluged with messages from Africa.

[sphinx]

Dagny Osk Aradottir Pind, of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association, told Al Jazeera: "The legislation is basically a mechanism that companies and organisations ... 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."

Here's the root issue. Companies are being forced to "evaluate" every job. The issue is the criteria for this evaluation. If government sets the rules, jobs will be rated for things that bureaucrats value highly, such as paper credentials required, number of people supervised, and nominal (not actual) duties. And things will be discounted or ignored entirely if they are outside the bureaucratic mindset, or not easily reducible to a bureaucratic audit -- things like outdoor work, hazardous work, irregular hours, physically strenuous tasks, willingness to travel, weekend work, stress, etc. Anything that tends to add a premium to traditional "men's work" will be strictly verboten. Since the goal is to establish gender equivalency in pay, the scores will be rigged.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[Chickensoup]

Per hour?

for the same work?

[Figment]

Easy fix. Hire women only or men only. No pay differential