News & Views The gender pay gap has stagnated at 22.8 per cent Progress on the gender pay gap has stagnated, with new data showing women are earning, on average, $26,600 less than men.
News & Views The fight for fair flexibility set for new battle There are promising permanent shifts in employers offering flexible work, and signs of a growing divide in who can access such flexibility.
News & Views Greater gender balance in all industries will help close gender pay gap If employers in Australia ensured 40 per cent of their employees were women, the nation’s gender pay gap would narrow by more than a third.
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 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 The paid parental leave divide leaving industries and new parents behind New data showing three in five employers now offer paid parental leave, marks a significant milestone in supporting new parents at work.
News & Views We were the only ACT registered employer to receive an Employer of Choice citation. This must change Without demonstrable leadership in the form of action and legislative reform the cycle of workplace inequality will continue.
News & Views Appointing more women to leadership (again) found to be seriously profitable for companies So will companies be listening? As the world adjusts to a COVID-19 economy? We only hope so. Diversity in decision making matters.
News & Views Things in Australian workplaces can improve but it’s not dire The latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency scorecard paints a bleak assessment, Valeria Ignatieva from WORK180, says there’s a slightly different picture.
News & Views ‘Disappointing’: The latest gender equality scorecard for Australia is in & it’s not pretty ‘Disappointing’ is the way the WGEA director Libby Lyons describes the results from Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard.
News & Views Employers should set targets for men in flexible work & help dads manage the juggle: Libby Lyons Targets for flexible work as well as other opportunities to help dads balance caring responsibilities with work could be a game changer