Ed's Blog Some companies are giving staff the day off on International Women’s Day A “ban on men”? Hardly. Companies give women the day off on IWD to promote policies and ideas that can support all team members.
News & Views UN extends its paid parental leave to 26 weeks for birth mothers U.N extend their parental leave policy to give all parents 16 weeks paid leave — regardless of gender. Birth mothers have additional 10 weeks
News & Views Australia’s new pay equality law risks failing women- unless we make this simple fix Reporting median statistics would help mitigate the skewing problem with averages. This is needed to help close the gender pay gap.
News & Views Indigenous employees face a heavy ‘cultural load’ at work. It’s time for employers to put in the work The cultural load weighs heavily on Indigenous people in workplaces. This burden needs to shift to employers, who have a responsibility to ensure their workplace is culturally safe.
News & Views Gender pay gap reduces when salary information is publicly available: Survey Making salaries transparent are prompting organisations to minimise the gender pay gap, a new study from the U.S has revealed.
Employers What employers will need to focus on in 2023 How can employers aim to attain and retain the best team members in 2023, in what is expected to be a tough economy?
News & Views Here’s how micro-accommodations can fight back against micro-aggressions Micro-aggressions are these smaller acts that send women backwards. These are tiny acts of aggressions with destructive power.
Business Listed companies overwhelmingly chaired by men Women are getting more board positions. But just a fraction of ASX 300 companies are Chaired by women. And progress will be slow.
Business How the banning of pay secrecy clauses in Australia could benefit you and help close the gender pay gap The Albanese government’s pay secrecy ban is meant reduce gender-based pay differences. It could help others too.
Employers 4 day work weeks and stronger leave policies: The top workplace trends we’ll see in 2023 In many respects the illusive future of work has arrived. Will this momentum continue through to the new year?
News & Views ‘Major achievement’: The Respect@Work bill passes Australian parliament The Respect@Work bill passed Australian parliament today, meaning all the recommendations in Kate Jenkins’ Respect@Work report are now law.
News & Views ‘Today, the ambition of young women looks different’: How employers can mend the disconnect between what young female leaders want and what’s being offered Over the past decade there’s been a marked shift in how young women are feeling and the choices they’re making, about how to live and work.
