Huge wage gaps between men and women in public bodies reaching more than 42%

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by Ifi Reporter Category:Government May 4, 2021

The salary report for 2019 published today (Tuesday) by the Minister of Finance's salary, Kobi Bar-Natan, once again reports a particularly high salary paid to hundreds of employees in public bodies, up to an average monthly salary cost of NIS 119,000 for the 12 senior employees in the PA Airports. The report again includes serious data on huge wage gaps between men and women in public bodies, although the wage commissioner has made efforts in this area in recent years and told us today that "we see some improvement in this area."
The wage gap between men and women continues to be high among public sector workers, reaching more than 42% in government monopolies, according to the 2019 wage report in the public bodies published today by Kobi Bar-Natan, the Commissioner for Wages and Employment Agreements.
The report covers the year preceding the Corona crisis, 2019, when 793 public bodies reported to the treasurer in charge of wages 410,000 workers, in 330,000 jobs. The cost of wages to the public employer is much higher than wages and includes, among other things, bonuses, non-benefits Count and Proper Provisions for Provident Funds and Pensions In the past, the Commissioner published the highest salaries in each public body, but in recent years only the average salary in each body has been published.
The peak cost of the average salary for executives in public bodies (when it comes to the most senior positions, such as chairman or board member, senior management positions, secretary, city engineer, legal counsel, etc.) is of 12 officials in the Airports Authority: NIS 119,072. Average salary The gross monthly salary of those officials amounted to NIS 69,659. The average salary cost, which also exceeds NIS 100,000 per month, is found among Clalit Health Services officials - where very serious salary irregularities were revealed last week. The average salary cost of Clalit's 14 employees reached NIS 104,318 and the average gross salary amounted to NIS 82,631.
Discrimination against women in the field of wages may be the main barrier to gender equality, but although the State of Israel has an apparent interest in promoting equality between women and men, including a special government ministry and a special Knesset committee, it turns out that the state itself perpetuates gender gaps through a distorted wage system Gender-wise, in the public service.
The report of the Wage Commissioner focuses on about 400,000 employees of the public bodies, out of 730,000 employees of the public sector in Israel, whose wages are monitored by the Wage Commissioner. These are employees of government companies, local government, the health system and institutions of higher education and statutory corporations.
The cost of their salaries in 2019 amounted to NIS 83 billion, compared with NIS 79 billion in 2018. Women make up about 63% of all employees of public bodies, and only 29% of all high-paying officials.
The most prominent gender discrimination is among employees of government companies: the average gross wage for a full-time woman in government companies is about 27% lower than the corresponding figure for men, and in government monopolies this gap reaches more than 42%.
"In the last five years alone, the wage gap between men and women among government companies has narrowed by about 2%."
Moreover, the proportion of CEOs in government companies stands at only 1%, and in the position of chairman of a board, a woman holds only 6% of these companies. Moreover, the proportion of women employed as high-ranking or salaried employees in government companies has remained unchanged over the past decade.
In the health care system, the average wage (real) has risen by 24% in the last decade. Only a small portion of this increase was enjoyed by employed women. HMOs stand out in the pay gap between men and women, which reaches about 78%. However, the average salary gap between doctors is about "12%" and stems mainly from the choice of field of work and the scope of performing additional work.

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