The gender pay gap exists in every European country, but it varies even in EU states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Based on the EC funded research project "Close the Deal, Fill the Gap", this book uses an comparative interdisciplinary analysis to review the impact of social partnerships on GPG in Italy, Poland and the UK and provides guidelines for the negotiation of GPG-related issues. Essential for researchers and advanced students with an interest in the gender pay gap in collective bargaining processes as well as practitioners and policy makers in trade unions and employers' associations.

1. Introduction, (Hazel Conley, University of the West of England, UK; Donata Gottardi, University of Verona, Italy. Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Barbara Miköajczyk, University of Silesia, Poland; Marco Peruzzi, University of Verona, Italy.) Part 1 : The national contexts of the analysis 2. Italy, Poland, and the UK: a comparative analysis of their legal and industrial relations contexts, with specific attention to national doctrine and case-law. Comparing oranges with apples? (Alberto Mattei, University of Verona, Italy; Urzula Torbus, University of Silesia, Poland; Hazel Conley, University of the West of England, UK.) Part 2: Understanding the GPG - Lessons to be learned from the analysis of national case-studies 3. Decentralisation and the GPG in the Italian context: Case-studies, (Alberto Mattei, Donata Favaro, Nicoletta Masiero, Marco Peruzzi, University of Verona, Italy); 4. Decentralisation and the GPG in the Polish context: Case-studies (Ilona Topa, University of Silesia, Poland) 5. Decentralisation and the GPG in the UK contex: Case-studies (Hazel Conley, University of the West of England, UK; Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Pedro Martins, Queen Mary University of London, UK.) Part 3: Equality and the social partners 6. Avoiding gender bias: the role of the social partners, (Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Marco Peruzzi, University of Verona, Italy; Magdalena Poltorak, University of Silesia, Poland.) 7. The gendered nature of employment benefits, (Miros¿aw Czerwi¿ski, University of Silesia, Poland; Donata Gottardi, University of Verona, Italy; Joanna Nowakowska-Malusecka, University of Silesia, Poland) 8. Transparency and the GPG, (Urzula Torbus, University of Silesia, Poland; Hazel Conley, University of the West of England, UK) 9. Conclusions (Hazel Conley, University of the West of England, UK; Donata Gottardi, University of Verona, Italy. Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Barbara Miköajczyk, University of Silesia, Poland; Marco Peruzzi, University of Verona, Italy.) Appendix: Guidelines