Age discrimination is occurring at an alarming rate in Australian organisations, new government research has found. The Employing Older Workers report, overseen by the Australian Human Rights Commissi…
Employers
This employer has an overall pay gap in favour of women, but finds work still to do
It’s unusual to find an employer with a gender pay gap that swings against men but the City of Sydney is one such outlier that makes the cut, with an overall 7.5 per cent pay gap in favour of wo…
Numbers rise but pay gap persists for women in architecture
There’s been a strong jump in the number of female architects, but the gender pay gap persists in the profession, along with a pattern of attrition that’s seeing women dropping out of the …
Meet the lawyer turned childcare innovator bringing early education into the home
Andrea Christie-David is a human rights lawyer and company director determined to offer new quality early childhood education options to families. Having experienced her early parenting life with thre…
Why two female lawyers travelled to Bhutan to progress a new democracy
Nestled deep in the Himalaya Mountains, Bhutan is not a country often making airwaves. It would be easy to forget therefore, the huge transition underway as the country shifts from absolute monarchy t…
‘I believe in quotas’: How Branson (with business) is driving social change
Corporate social responsibility is not a term our grandparents would have been familiar with. For them, the role of business and government would have been utterly distinct. Big business would have ac…
Why Merren McArthur is excited for a challenge leading Tigerair
Five months ago, Merren McArthur was appointed CEO of Tigerair Australia, the low cost carrier of the Virgin Australia Group that has flown more than 25 million people since commencing operations in 2…
This research finds women more productive than men at work
Could having more women in organisations make workplaces more productive? Well we’re already convinced here at Women’s Agenda, but here’s some more research to back up the benefits o…
Sexual harassment must be prohibited under industrial law to drive real workplace change
It’s a year since the stories of now-disgraced Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein first began to hit the headlines. #MeToo spread like wildfire, fuelled by stories of lecherous bosses, creepy collea…
How Medibank upped the game on paid parental leave
Medibank introduced its new FamilyFlex policy to mark International Women’s Day earlier this year, offering all eligible parents 14 weeks paid parental leave regardless of whether they are the p…
