Three in four Aussie employers have a gender pay gap of more than 5%
Australia's gender pay gap has had its biggest single-year drop in almost a decade, but women are still earning much less than their male colleagues.
Why Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize in Economics is a milestone for gender equity
Claudia Goldin became only the third woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and the first to win it in her own right, not sharing it with a man.
Gender pay equity data hides wide differences between individual businesses
Businesses well advanced in their equity journey were seven times more likely to set targets to reduce gender pay gaps than firms just starting.
A huge step forward for gender pay gap transparency in Australia
Australia has reached a landmark moment in the battle to close the gender pay gap by passing the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill in Senate.
One way to ensure more VC funding goes to female-founded startups
Women are without defence in an industry dominated by wealthy men whose only check on their behaviour is their ethics and peer pressure.
“Holding our economy back”: Government hopes to shift gender pay gap with new bill
The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill came before the lower house yesterday.
Five steps to achieving gender parity in Australia’s entrepreneur community
Gender bias in funding opportunities echoes the gender bias we see in employment and carries the same missed opportunities for growth and success.
Australia’s gender pay gap is stuck at 22.8%, and experts say employers will end up suffering
With new research revealing Australia's gender pay gap has not improved this year, experts have a warning for employers who don't pay equally.
Breaking down gender norms would mean $128 billion more in GDP each year: Deloitte report
Breaking down entrenched gender norms in Australia could unlock $128 billion per year in the economy and 461,000 additional full-time employees.
Paid parental leave changes welcomed, but more needed to close gender pay gap
The Albanese government has announced an additional six weeks will be added to Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme, giving parents a total of six months of total leave payable.
Employment, work hours and wage rate driving a “motherhood penalty” for women, says Treasury
A federal Treasury paper published last week said women get a “motherhood penalty” — their earnings are reduced by more than half for the first five years of being a parent.
How mentoring and supporting women in the workplace can help defeat “dinosaur-age” attitudes
Women working together are a force to be reckoned with and will no longer accept second-rate treatment in any workplace, says The Executive Circle founder Shivani Gopal.
