News & Views This travel insurer is offering a ‘Gender Pay Gap’ discount and wants other businesses to follow There’s a 16% discount on offer at Australian business Travelwithjane.
Leadership ‘We can’t close the door on men’: A tech leader on making gender diversity happen Wendy Johnstone made a proactive decision to continue her leadership career after having kids, but admits that during the interviewing process for her latest role she never mentioned her family life.
News & Views Motherhood doesn’t kill ambition, Employers do No, ambition is not something that arrives at birth according to your gender.
Employers Dear CEOs, just stop firing pregnant women Ed’s Note: Rhonda Brighton-Hall received hundreds of emails and notes after she posted the below open letter to CEOs on LinkedIn in December last year, and says she’s since heard numerous stories of pregnancy discrimination happening just as she wrote it – women being made ‘redundant’ in their final weeks of pregnancy or in the month prior to their return.
Ed's Blog We just lost another female ASX 200 female CEO The representation of women at the top of ASX 200 organisations just took a dive, with Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather announcing her retirement this morning.
Business Success of AFL Women’s competition proves female footballers are in a league of their own Major sponsors are bringing women’s sport to our televisions and into the mainstream.
Business When governments fail on equality, can big businesses step up? At a time when Governments appear unable and unwilling to move forward on equality measures, it’s reassuring to see some big businesses giving it a go.
Ed's Blog It’s time to talk about six-hour days and four-day working weeks We love working in Australia so much that we do it better than most other developed nations, with each of us averaging around 44 hours a week.
Employers ‘I go out of my way to learn from everyone’: Bronwyn Post on career, motherhood and leading a team of more than 1000 Bronwyn Post has worked for Aldi since the German discounter arrived in Australia, first as an area manager in Victoria and currently as Aldi’s managing director for the Brendale region.
Uncategorised The $8 billion gap: Why we need to change how we think about women in our workforce Women outnumber men in tertiary education, but not in the workforce.
News & Views We’re doing OK, according to new Index launched to track women’s progress Women’s progress has improved 4.
Soapbox Be Bold and send the men home (along with the women) The male breadwinner model has passed its expiry date.