IV. Work-Family Life Balance IV. Work-Family Life Balance CEDAW Articles 11, 13 ∣ SDGs 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 Response to 2022 CEDAW Report 11.15, 11.19, 11.33, 11.36, 11.38, 12.37 Reduce the Gender Pay Gap 15. Childcare and long-term care responsibilities are still shouldered by individual families (and usually by women). The average hourly wage gap between men and women has increased rather than decreased,20 and government action has been insufficient to improve the situation.21
Recommendation 9 The government should prioritize the issue of occupational gender 20 The gender pay gap in average hourly wages in Taiwan was 14.9% in 2019 and 14.8% in 2020, respectively 55 and 54 unpaid days a year. In 2021, the gap increased to 15.8%, representing 58 unpaid days. 21 In 2014 and 2018, the IRC raised concerns about gender segregation of the labor market, the pay gap, and the lack of policies for promotion of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value in Taiwan’s labor market, urging the government to adopt specific measures and implementation mechanisms to address these issues. However, the MOL has not yet proposed any active countermeasures. In its report, the government only states that a “study on the development of a checklist for equal pay for equal work in the workplace” was commissioned in 2020, and that the possibility of a pilot program will be evaluated in phases for workplaces of certain sizes or industries. No specific plans and practices with a time frame have been proposed. ¯17¯