Tech Women in tech are paid 14 per cent less than men, while twice as likely to be harassed A new report show major disadvantages for women in tech and IT including low representation, a gender pay gap and greater discrimination.
Local Underpaid social workers are leaving the sector as Australia grapples with domestic violence crisis Chronic and systemic underpayment is placing social workers under significant financial strain and contributing to labour shortages.
News & Views We’re looking in the wrong place for solutions to the gender pay gap The bulk of the hourly gender pay gap is because women are being paid less than men in the same occupation, writes Dr Silvia Griselda.
News & Views New study busts ‘myth’ that gender pay gap exists because more women work in lower paid occupations New data has revealed the majority of Australia’s national gender pay gap is due to women being paid less than men within the same occupation.
News & Views How male corporate leaders can play a role in ending gender-based violence Corporate Australia has a responsibility to create positive change beyond office walls, writes Bec Brideson.
News & Views Trade union peak body calls for targeted pay rise for feminised industries The ACTU has called for a nine per cent pay rise for workers in feminised industries to close the gender pay gap in Australia.
News & Views The WNBA breaks viewership records as Caitlin Clark reaches unprecedented stardom Caitlin Clark was drafted No.1 by the Indiana Fever for the WNBA Draft this week. Setting records doesn’t mean she’s getting paid fairly.
Leadership ‘Companies need to be vigilant’: Mary Wooldridge on the reality of the gender pay gap As CEO of WGEA, Mary Wooldridge is at the forefront of change, working to make sure people’s understanding of the gender pay gap is clear.
News & Views Morally and financially, why employers can no longer afford to ‘go slow’ on tackling gender inequality It’s time to sharpen the pencil on setting bold targets and measurable actions to close the gender pay gap. Morally and financially, employers can no longer afford not to.
News & Views ‘I didn’t even know there was a place to challenge it’: Kirsten Dunst on the Spider-Man gender pay gap Kirsten Dunst says she “didn’t even know there was a place to challenge” the gender pay gap when she was 17 and starring in Spider-Man.
Business To close the gender pay gap, we must ‘reimagine’ what senior leaders look like: Mary Wooldridge Mary Wooldridge said organisations must “reimagine” what senior leaders look like, if we are to make progress on closing the gender pay gap.
News & Views Olivia Colman says she would be earning ‘a f*ck of a lot more’ if she were a man Olivia Colman is an award-winning, well-known British actor with a career spanning over two decades and an estimated net worth of $12 million USD ($18.35 million AUD).