The wage gap is more uneven in trade, manufacturing and services.

Although in recent months more women to Mexican labor market, there is a long way to go to increase your level of income and permanence. According to Factorial, one of the biggest problems is the gender pay gap.

A software and services company focused on solving problems with personnel and improving the decision-making process in companies, noted that in the context of the International Equal Pay Day, which is celebrated on September 18, it is important to emphasize that Mexico is in 33rd place. among 37 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with the largest gender pay gap.

The Spanish-born company claims that sectors such as trade, manufacturing and services offer the lowest wages and have the largest wage gap. In turn, these are the types of activities in which 95% of women are employed.

He emphasizes that research “Factorial HR STUDY”conducted among more than 700 HR professionals and 4,000 companies from 11 countries, including Latin America, indicates that the gap is even greater in the field of personnel management.

In these departments key positions are occupied by 80% of women and 20% of men. But when comparing men’s and women’s wages in all HR jobs, there is a huge wage gap as men earn more than women despite having fewer workers in their companies.

Data in Mexico they follow the same line, 61% are women and 39% are men. However, in kiosks managers They understand top payrollgives up research.

Factors such as motherhood and unequal distribution household chores from carefully in house, reduce the likelihood that women will get higher-paying jobs. Although gender discrimination and economic violence also play against wage parity.

The study was conducted at medium and small enterprises and among respondents managers D specialists in HR., operational staff and even THING, and argues that in all the companies analyzed, men earn higher wages than women, while in Latin America the inequality is greater. Men’s salaries are higher than women’s, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 euros per year.

It should be remembered that before the health crisis, Mexico It was the fifth country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with a larger difference in income between women and men. The wage gap in Mexico was 18.8%. This means that for every 100 pesos that men received monthly, women earned only 85.

The study concludes that the health crisis has further exacerbated wage inequality and stalled progress towards gender parity, especially in large countries and in some sectors.

How to narrow the pay gap?

Factorial suggests three actions that can help companies close the gender pay gap:

• State, private and social institutions draw up the Certificate of Employment Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination – No. 025.
• That wages be set on the basis of objective criteria that take into account professional knowledge, skills and abilities for interpersonal relationships. As well as the mental and physical efforts and duties of the position.
• Having a clear record of payroll will allow you to determine if there is a gap in the company, and if so, to find out how justified it is.

“Many times there are reasons why this disparity arises, maybe all the candidates were men or women, maybe there are more women workers in a particular sector than men, or vice versa, there are many reasons why it is difficult to get an accurate estimate. Equality Considering this, it is important to have tools that concentrate and produce numbers, such as Factorial.