Posts tagged "pay disparity"

A slight improvement in the national gender pay gap to 13.3% has been reported, bringing the current status quo to Australian women pocketing, on average, 87 cents for their work to every dollar earned by a man.

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.

Research suggests Australia is still 37.5% short of a economic equality for women in business, prompting advocates to call on small business to do more.