{"id":13692,"date":"2021-10-11T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2021-10-11T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T10:16:44","slug":"thg-verk-gets-equal-pay-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/thg-verk-gets-equal-pay-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00deG Verk get\u00b4s Equal Pay Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past year, \u00deG Verk has been working to implement the equal pay standard \u00cdST85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equal pay system was certified by Versa Vottun this autumn and the certification has been confirmed by the Gender Equality Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formal delivery of a certification for the equal pay system to \u00deG Verk was on Thursday, October 7, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mynd-980x735-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mynd-980x735-1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mynd-980x735-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 980px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the picture above is Birna D\u00eds Ei\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir og Gn\u00e1 Guj\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir from Versavottun, \u00deorvaldur Gissurarson, Emma Ingibj\u00f6rg Valsd\u00f3ttir, \u00d6rn Tryggvi Johnsen and Bergur Helgason fom \u00deG Verk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00deG Verks\u2019 equal pay policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose and goal of \u00deG Verk\u2019s equal pay policy is to promote gender equality in accordance with the Act on Equal Status and Gender Equality no. 150\/2020, including that comparable salaries are paid for the same or equivalent jobs, so that there is no gender pay gap at \u00deG Verk. \u00deG Verk\u2019s equal pay policy covers all employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equal pay policy and its implementation is an integral part of the company\u2019s equality and wage policy. The company\u2019s senior management undertakes to implement it, but the ultimate responsibility lies with the company\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00deG Verk undertakes to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Follow legal requirements and rules on wages, benefits and equality<\/li><li>Perform a wage analysis annually<\/li><li>Maintain an educational and qualification list of company employees<\/li><li>Respond to relevant comments on the pay gap.<\/li><li>Carry out a regular internal audit of the company\u2019s equal pay system<\/li><li>Have a neutral external party conduct external audits at least once a year<\/li><li>Introduce employees to the equal pay policy<\/li><li>Make the equal pay policy accessible to the public by publishing it on the company\u2019s website.<\/li><li>Reassess and refine the equal pay system as a whole through internal audits and reviews<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More details on \u00deG Verks\u2019 equal pay policy and Gender Equality Plan: <a href=\"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/equality-plan-and-equal-pay-policy\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/equality-plan-and-equal-pay-policy\/\">https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/equality-plan-and-equal-pay-policy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past year, \u00deG Verk has been working to implement the equal pay standard \u00cdST85. The equal pay system was certified by Versa Vottun this autumn and the certification has been confirmed by the Gender Equality Agency. Formal delivery of a certification for the equal pay system to \u00deG Verk was on Thursday, October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1091","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13695,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692\/revisions\/13695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgverk.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}