Why we do this
Fair pay is not a favour
Equal pay for women and men has been in the European treaty since 1957. Almost seventy years later, women in the Netherlands still earn 9.8% less per hour than men on average. That is rarely down to bad intent. Usually it sits in things nobody notices any more: a job evaluation that weighs care and cooperation lower than technical work, a starting salary that depends on who negotiates best, a promotion that was never explained.
At KNYFE we have worked since 2017 on organisations that work better for the people in them. What binds us as a team: we want to fight inequality between people, and between women and men in particular. You can see that in our work. For Platform ACCT we developed a tool that lets freelance classical musicians set out the basis for their fees transparently. In Groningen we contribute to Tijd voor Toekomst, for an equal and promising future for every child. Each time we saw where fairness starts: with agreements you can explain.
When the European Pay Transparency Directive arrived, we saw a void. Anyone who wanted to know where their organisation stood could choose between an expensive consultancy project or working through the law themselves. There was nothing in between. Equal Pay Check fills that void: an affordable self-assessment, without salary data, with a report that one of us prepares and discusses with you.
