Poland ahead of EU average for lowest gender pay gap - EC

Poland is among the leading countries in the EU for equal pay between men and women, according to a ranking presented by the European Commission (EC) to mark European Equal Pay Day, which falls on November 4. "Women in the European Union still earn on average 16 percent less than men, a slight improvement from last year's 16.2 percent," the EC's website states. This year, the European Equal Pay Day falls on 4 November. It marks the day when women, symbolically from this day on, work for free. This means that, when compared to their male colleagues' salaries, women work 2 months out of 12 for free.