I came across a FAQ section about salary on the official cantonal website, and I noticed two questions that seem a bit out of place for a government site:
At some point, those two questions are asked:
La collègue qui m’a remplacée pendant mon congé de maternité était payée presque 25% de plus que moi. A mon retour, je demande le même salaire qu’elle, mais on me le refuse. Que puis-je faire ?
Le collègue qui m’a remplacée pendant mon congé de maternité était payé presque 25% de plus que moi. A mon retour, je demande le même salaire que lui, mais on me le refuse. Que puis-je faire
Translation:
54: The (female) colleague who replaced me during my maternity leave was paid 25% more than myself. When I came back from my leave, I asked for the same salary, but it was refused, what can I do?
55: The (male) colleague who replaced me during my maternity leave was paid 25% more than myself. When I came back from my leave, I asked for the same salary, but it was refused, what can I do?
The answers to those question are:
54: la situation est beaucoup plus délicate […] s’il s’agit d’une personne qui a un âge comparable au vôtre, la LEg ne vous aidera pas du tout […]
55: La différence salariale, entre votre collègue qui vous a remplacé et vous, est a priori suffisamment importante pour que vous puissiez bénéficier de la vraisemblance d’une discrimination […]
Which translate basically to:
54: The situation is way more delicate […] if the person is of comparable age, the LEg won't help you at all […]
55: The salary difference between you and your colleague who replaced you is significant enough to suggest discrimination […]
I find this is a bit out of place on a government website. I would understand to find these on a lawyer's firm advertisement website, trying to optimize the salary of their customers using the law but not here.
I find that it would make much more sense to have it as "Colleague (male or female), replaced me (male or female) during an extended break, they were paid more than I…".
I'm curious to hear other point of views about that, maybe I'm a bit nitpicking there?
by Internal_Leke
7 comments
And what’s the issue with giving pieces of advice 🤔
Can you rephrase and elaborate your question, are you asking about our opinion that the question is answered differently based on the gender of the co-worker?
Something tells me OP is in the men’s rights crazy bunch…
> during an extended brake
I don’t understand your issue but I’m pretty sure maternal leave is legally different and better protected than “breaks” for obvious reasons.
I found it quite weird and non egalitarian that the same context is getting a different answer based on the co-worker gender. It’s disgusting.
As all feminists know, when a man gets paid more than the woman he replaces, it’s always because of his sex. No other factor (age, experience, skill, negotiation skills, the job market at the time of employment) can explain the difference.
Everybody missed the key point. It’s about the Gender Equality Act and a woman replacing another woman. It not about gender equality in case 54, unlike case 55