The gender pay gap persists in European tech, but there are signs that things are getting better. EU legislation around salary transparency is pushing startups to implement changes — such as unconscious bias training for staff and policies like flexible working and family leave — but there is still work to do.
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June 14, 2024
How to improve the gender pay gap at your startup
The team at compensation benchmarking platform Ravio share their top tips for improving the gender pay gap at your startup
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Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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