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Finland scraps equal pay legislation amid coalition differences

FILE PHOTO: Finland's flag flutters in Helsinki, Finland, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Finland has cancelled plans to overhaul equality legislation aimed at narrowing the pay gap between men and women, the government said in a statement on Monday, citing unbridgeable gaps between parties in the ruling coalition.

"The work to prevent gender-based pay discrimination and advancing pay equality will continue in other government actions supporting equal pay," Equality Minister Thomas Blomqvist said in the statement.

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