News & Views Why we’re at risk of losing a decade or more on equal pay The real news this Equal Pay Day is that the gender pay gap, currently sitting at 14 percent, stands on the precipice of a significant backwards slide.
News & Views Federal Government must extend funding commitment for fair pay for workers in the community service sector The government is yet to commit to renewing funding for fair pay in the community service sector, which is made up of 80% women.
News & Views Yes, women outnumber men at university. But they still earn less after they leave Female university graduates are expected to earn 27% less than their male counterparts – A$750,000 – over their career, a 2019 study found.
News & Views Annual Women’s Strike sees women in Switzerland stage mass scream protest In Geneva over the weekend, Switzerland’s women stage mass scream to end gender pay gap and highlight violence against women.
News & Views Pay secrecy feeds pay gaps. Transparency can change that We’re taught, and sometimes legally required, to keep quiet on pay. This silence contributes to inequality, and it’s time it changed. Pay transparency.
News & Views Construction is the industry that gets a $688 million stimulus. Seriously? Given women account for 55% of job losses postCOVID19, the idea of a well paid, male-dominated industry being the recipients of a $688million stimulus is hard to swallow.
News & Views ‘I thought these Academy Awards were meant to stand for something?’: Cate Blanchett on the huge gender pay gap in acting Film star Cate Blanchett talks to Julia Gillard on A Podcast of One’s Own about the huge gender pay gap in acting and the arts.
News & Views Forget what you’ve been told, COVID-19 does discriminate – just ask Australian women A phrase that has been repeated again and again by leaders throughout the COVID-19 crisis is that the disease doesn’t discriminate. But this is not true.
Business The 119 employers recognised as employers of choice for gender equality The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has announced the 2019-2020 Employers of Choice for Gender Equality.119 employers were recognised with the citation.
News & Views Women in tech are sharing their salaries in an open spreadsheet Lizzie Kardon launched the spreadsheet to create transparency in early January and over 800 women have now shared their salary details.
Life Gender pay gap is at its most extreme for women in their 50s New research released by UK based organisation Rest Less has revealed that the gender pay gap at its most extreme for women in their 50s.
News & Views Sorry, what?? Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the gender pay gap is “closed” On Monday, Josh Frydenberg delivered the good news at Question Time. The gender pay gap is “closed”. There’s still a 14% pay gap.
