Women reduce wage gap

Quebec women reduced the earning gap by twenty-nine cents in 2011.

According to the latest Quebec Directory of Labor Statistics, the average hourly wage for men in 2011 was $22.81.

For women, it was $20.11, which creates a gap of $2.70 between the two.

This is ten percent lower gap than the $2.99 gap from 2010.

The institute has not investigated whether the Pay Equity Act has played a role in the narrowing of the female wage deficit, says the Canadian Press.

Men are still earning considerably more than women on weekly average wages.

The weekly average wage gap has fluctuated over the years.

The average wage difference between men and women could be attributed to women missing more work hours for family reasons than men, and working less weekly hours.