[cup-of-tea]

So if a man tries to negotiate a higher salary he'll be told no because it's illegal? What if a woman tries?

In most workplaces at the higher levels everyone is essentially doing their own specific version of a particular job. Two people might share the same title and job description but what they actually do can be very different and some people are simply more valuable than others. This kind of legislation seems to be enforcing a drone mentality, i.e. everyone is equal and does exactly what they are told, no more, no less.

[madsbuch]

I guess the difference is in the assumption: Iceland assume a gender wage gab but no gender competencies gab. This assumption is also advantageous for men: Iceland has an equal system for men wrt. paternaty/maternaty leave. Furthermore we can also expect that nursing and kindergarten teaching professions will be easier for men to get into than is the case now. Lastly, there is also an ongoing debate about stay-at-home fathers (A consequence is that the Nordics are doing something about a _very_ deep assumption that women are better emotional providers than men).

In the Nordics (I am Danish) we increasingly talk about _gender_ equality as on objective thing, where both men and women have their problems. Though on the international scene gender equality means women's rights. Therefore this angling of the article.

[collyw]

Still waiting for the equality measures to hit those who don't have kids for whatever reason.

We always seem to end up doing extra to compensate for maternity/paternity leave.

[madsbuch]

That is a very interesting conversation, although OT. But it is interesting to think about whether there should be an alternative for those not wanting kids such as getting the leave anyways to use on whatever.

On the other hand there might be reason that we should give incentive to give birth to more kids.

[collyw]

More than enough people in the world, I see no reason to encourage more.