Last month, the Pharma Australia Gender Equity group released its findings on research conducted last year to tackle gender inequality within the pharmaceutical industry in Australia. The report found…
Employers
First national Working Families Survey launched by Australian CEOs
A number of big Australian corporates have teamed together to get a clearer picture of the barriers affecting employees who are also working parents, and to formulate solutions and approaches which wi…
Telstra gets serious offering 16 weeks paid parental leave to all employees
Telstra laid an important stake in the ground this week, championing equality and a fairer future for its employees. In an impressive policy change, the telecommunications giant will now offer all eli…
How to deal with credit snatchers in the workplace
In the words of Indira Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister, there are two kinds of people – those who do the work, and those who take credit. There’s no shortage of anecdotes about colleagues and man…
When a judge calls out a ‘very grave example of sexual harassment’
Fay Calderone and Veronica Lee As we digest the sobering results of the International Bar Association’s ‘Us Too?’ report which has our profession in Australia leading the pack in sexual harassment and…
Why we should stop talking about gender quotas in the media and just do it already.
When approached by media news site B&T about being part of a debate on quotas at their annual Changing the Ratio event, my response was emphatic: “I’d love to… But only if I̵…
A giant leap: Major Australian law firm takes on parental leave equality
Law firm Baker McKenzie are placing themselves ahead of the family-friendly curve with new changes to its parental leave policy. It has become the first law firm in Australia to announce gender-equal …
‘My worst fears were realised’: Envato accused of failing working mothers after multiple resignations
Former employees at Australian tech darling Envato have criticised the startup for how it handles mothers returning to work, reports Dominic Powell in this piece first published on Smart Company and S…
What do women really want from their employers? We need your help.
Can you help? Take the survey here. There are a lot of assumptions out there about what women in Australia look for in an employer. Some of these of course, are educated guesses. For instance, flexib…
Diageo unveils a generous & ambitious 26-week paid parental leave policy
Diageo, the parent company to Bundaberg Rum, has announced a new parental leave policy, available to all Australian employees from 1st July this year. The policy will give mothers and fathers six mont…
