Czech Ministry of Labour's Equal Pay Project (formerly '22% to Equality') — Pay Tools for Employers and Employees

In November 2019 the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs launched the '22% Equality' initiative, reported at the time against a Czech gender pay gap of 22% versus an EU average of 16%. The then-minister, Michaela Marksová, said the state could not expect the private sector to close the gap on its own.
The project provides an online platform tracking wages across positions and sectors, expert advice on pay including negotiation, and an online payroll calculator letting employees check whether their salary matches their position and field, aimed especially at women starting a career or returning from maternity leave. A 2025 report in Expats.cz describes the Ministry's continuing Equal Pay project as offering tools and advisory services to businesses wanting to measure and close the gap, plus a fair-salary calculator for employees.
The same 2025 report gives a gap of 17.1% in the same positions (Business & Professional Women CR, Equal Pay Day 2025) against 17.4% the year before, and notes Eurostat ranks Czechia third-highest in the EU for wage inequality.
Limits: neither source reports usage, employer uptake or any measured effect of the tools on pay, and the published figures come from different methods, so they cannot be read as a result of the project. It is listed as a low-evidence, information-based approach that other countries could replicate cheaply but should evaluate.

Read the full analysis: https://emerging-europe.com/czech-ministry-of-labour-launches-initiative-to-close-gender-pay-gap/