News & Views Stop claiming gender pay gap credit when you’ve done nothing to narrow it The Morrison Government loves to cite the gender pay gap figures, but it can’t claim responsibility for the progree made.
Screen ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ onboards Chinese Australian writer Amy Wang to pen the sequel Crazy Rich Asians 2 resumes production with new screenwriter, Amy Wang, following original writers’ exit over pay disparity.
Employers Let’s stop the annual “best practice” gender pay gap farce “My question is this: when are we going to name the elephant in the room? This annual “best practice” bonanza is emblematic of the Morrison government’s softly, softly — and ultimately ineffective – approach to closing the gender pay gap.”
Business The 120 organisations named employers of choice for gender equality The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has announced its list of employers of choice for gender equality for 2022, naming 120 organisations.
News & Views Strike a pose for International Women’s Day? Give me a break The idea that we focus on these issues for one day, implies that we spend the other 364 doing something else altogether. And the evidence suggests we do.
News & Views Australia’s gender pay gap drops slightly to 13.8 per cent Australia’s national gender pay gap now sits at 13.8 per cent, down from 14.2 per cent six months ago.
News & Views ‘I would not be respected’: The male-dominated construction sector must engage with young women Construction is one of Australia’s fastest growing industries and offers higher than average wages. It is also Australia’s most male dominated industry.
Employers There’s a $50,000 gender pay gap among accountants. CA wants to change that Men outlearning women by an average of $50,000 per year in Accounting. A new guidebook addresses this issue.
News & Views Can we stop justifying gender pay gaps because women dominate care sectors? But women choose to work in lower paid sectors like health, education and childcare! They say, as if that makes a pay gap OK.
News & Views Men twice as likely to be highly paid, new gender equality scorecard shows Women remain undervalued and underrepresented in the workforce, according to Mary Woodbridge, director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Employers “Headstrong” girls and “dependent” boys may earn less as adults If you’re a woman and you were perceived as ‘headstrong’ as a child, your earning power as an adult might be negatively compromised.
News & Views Millions spent closing the gender pay gap has been more than worth it Lion spent millions of dollars closing its gender pay gap. Now it’s going one step further on promoting workplace gender equality.
