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The Gender Pay Gaps At AusPost, The ATO & More Public Sector Workplaces Just Dropped

Gender pay gaps at Australia's biggest public sector employers have been revealed for the first time.

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'Accountability' at heart of low public sector pay gaps

Gender pay gaps at public sector employers have been revealed for the first time, with the data showing many have a gap much lower than the private sector.

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ABC and SBS gender pay gaps revealed as public sector wage data released for the first time

Commonwealth employees had significantly smaller pay gap than private sector average, while ABC ahead of national median but behind other news outlets, including SBS

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Major employers urged to hit gender equality targets

Employers with 500 or more employees will be required to select and achieve, or make progress on, gender equality targets under new laws.

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Bosses urged to stay flexible as gender pay gap narrows

The gender pay gap is steadily closing amid warnings revoking work from home flexibility will impact women's ability to earn more.

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Australian women earn nearly $30,000 less than men a year, the government’s latest pay gap report finds

Across the country, 72.2% of 5,347 employers have a gender pay gap that favours men, Workplace Gender Equality Agency finds

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Pay gap narrows but leadership roles a drag on progress

Naming and shaming company gender pay gaps appears to be working, with a flurry of employers commissioning probes into the issue and taking action.

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Workplaces aren't tracking scourge of sexual harassment

Almost all Australian workplaces have formal sexual harassment and discrimination policies, but more than one in four aren't monitoring incidents.

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Flexibility a gender gap win for women in government

The public sector has a smaller gender pay gap than the private sector and is leading on flexible work, a report from the gender equality agency shows.

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Contractors in line for rewards over gender pay wins

Gender equality targets for big businesses will help drive change, Workplace Gender Equality Agency chief executive Mary Wooldridge says.

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Call for action on gender equity as pay gaps exposed

Australian employers are under pressure to close their gender pay gaps and could face hurdles getting contracts with government if they don't change.

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Dozens of Australian businesses have gender pay gaps above 50%, landmark data reveals

Data showing nearly two-thirds of workplaces have a pay gap that favours men is being published in the hopes of ending disparity

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Cultural stigma holds workplaces back as pay gap falls

An increase in the number of women in leadership roles has helped reduce the gender pay gap but cultural change is needed to eliminate it entirely, data shows.

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Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

The gender pay gap in the commonwealth public service is half that for the private sector, a snapshot released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows.

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Gender pay gap data of large Australian businesses to be published

An embarrassing day is coming for Australian businesses that have a large gender pay gap, with the data from individual organisations to be made public.

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FKN GOOD: A New Law Means Businesses With Dogshit Gender Pay Gaps Will Be Named And Shamed

Let the dragging begin!

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Workplaces at turning point for gender equality: report

The latest progress report on workplace equality has found the gender pay gap stalled in the past two years, sparking a call for a change of approach.

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Australia’s gender pay gap falls to narrowest on record but women still earn less in every industry

Gap reduces to 13.3%, which is slightly smaller than previous low recorded before Covid pandemic

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Progress stalls on bridging gender pay gap

Australian women are earning significantly less money on average than their male colleagues, with a damning finding on progress toward closing the pay gap.

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More workplaces move to flexible positions

Most Australian employers are choosing to move to flexible working arrangements, helping drive equality for women in the workplace.

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Meat processor Don Smallgoods tweaks rosters to help more women back to work

Meat processor Don Smallgoods has created "school parent" shifts as it searches for 200 new staff across its three central Victorian facilities.

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Summit urged to put women at the forefront

The government could implement gender impact statements and pay gap reporting to benefit female workers, an independent MP has told the jobs and skills summit.

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Equal pay day chance to address the gap

Employers are being urged to make organisational changes ahead of law reform which will ensure gender pay gap data is published.

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Workplace Gender Equality Agency report shows the gender pay gap widens as women get older

New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows women across all generations are earning consistently less than men.

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Part-time work holds women back from executive positions and accentuates gender pay gap: new data

Most women are not working full-time during most of their working lives, which holds them back from management positions and accentuates the pay gap with men, according to data released on Monday.

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