Iceland's new law aimed at eliminating the gender pay gap places the country in stark contrast to the US

Alex Livesey / Getty Iceland recently became the first country to make the gender pay gap illegal. A new law in Iceland requiring companies to prove they pay men and women equally went into effect on January 1, 2018. President Donald Trump previously blocked an Obama-era rule designed to help close the pay gap that would have gone into effect in 2018. Chalk up another win for women in Iceland. The small Nordic country has long been considered a haven for women, holding the top spot for gender eq...