In the document, CGTP analyses official statistics, indicating that the average wage of the economy as a whole fell 4.5% in real terms in 2022 compared to 2021, with the fall of public government workers being higher (-5.7%) than that of the private sector (-3.6%).

In this context of widespread loss of purchasing power, "working women are even more underpaid than working men," the inter-union stresses.

According to the analysis, women have "a base salary which is 13% lower, a difference that in 2021 reached 153 euros on average, but that among the senior management was around 600 euros.”

"It is among the most skilled workers that the gap is higher in percentage terms: 24.5% among senior management, 14% among middle staff and 16.5% among highly qualified professionals," the document reads.

The wage gap between workers and non-skilled workers is 6.8% "due to the existence of the national minimum wage, where working women are 52%," adds the union centre.

About 30% of women in the private sector earn the national minimum wage, compared to 23% for men, CGTP said, citing data from the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity, and Social Security for July 2021.

With regard to work from home and telework, in the 4th quarter of last year, 454,600 women (18.7% of female employment) did so from home, 28% always working from home, 29% regularly in different modalities, 28% outside of working hours and 14% punctually, indicates CGTP.

The study also notes that close to 1,800,000 employees work in shifts, at night, on Saturday or Sunday or in a combination of these types of schedules, of which 872,600 are women (49% of the total).

CGTP holds the 10th edition of equality week between March 6 and 10 with various initiatives in the country, including strikes, parades and demonstrations, especially on 8 of March which is International Women's Day.