Fenofibrate is used with a low-fat diet and sometimes with other medications to reduce the amounts of fatty substances such as cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and to increase the amount of HDL (high-density lipoprotein; a type of fatty substance that decreases the risk of heart disease) in the blood.
Direct discrimination. 1  Some women are paid less than men for doing the same job. 2  This factor only explains a small part of the gender pay gap, due to the effectiveness of the European Union and national legislation. The gender pay gap is also reinforced by the segregation in the labour market. 2  Women and men still tend to work in different jobs. 3  On the one hand, women and men often predominate in different sectors. 4  On the other hand, within the same sector or company women predominate in lower valued and lower paid occupations.
1 The gender pay gap is defined as the difference between the median earnings of women and men. 2  This can be either the earnings ratio or the actual pay gap. 3  Women earned on average $0.78 to every $1 earned by men in 2013 (78%) for annual earnings. In 2014 women earned 82.5% of men's salaries b ased on median weekly earnings for full-time workers compared to 62.1% in 1979. 2  Women's median weekly earnings for full-time work (2014) = $719 compared to $871 for men. 3  Women's median annual earnings for full-time work (2013) = $39,157 compared to $50,033 for men.