The report was based on available data from the year 2018 and finds, among other things, that men earn 1.4% more on average than women. This puts the Grand Duchy in second position when compared with other EU countries, with the EU average being 14.4%. Nevertheless, that does not mean that there are no inequalities on Luxembourg’s job market.
According to the report, two factors have to be taken into consideration: difference between employment rates for men and women for one, and rates of part-time work for another. Paired with lower hourly salary rates, these factors represent the biggest contributors to the global difference between what women and men earn.
In Luxembourg, more than half of the difference in salary stems from the choice of work hours. 40% of the difference is related to different employment rates of men and women.
The Chamber of Employees further concludes that part-time work represents another great factor of discrimination. One in ten men in Luxembourg works part-time, the rate for woman is three times as high. According to the report, concerned women often work fewer hours for family reasons. Only 30% of men enlist family as a reason for part-time employment.
In Luxembourg, women on average work 25 fewer hours per week than men.
