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Women leave work at 2:38 p.m. to protest pay gap in Iceland

October 26, 2016/

Thousands of women left work at 2:38 p.m. in Iceland on Monday to protest the gender pay gap in the country.

In Iceland, women earn 14 to 18% less than men, which means on an average eight hour work day, women are essentially working for free after 2:38 p.m, according to labor unions and rights groups, the New York Time’s Women in the World section reports.

USA Today Network Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2016/10/26/iceland-pay-gap-women-left-work-early-14-percent-less-than-men-protest/92765092/

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