Original article by Alana Schetzer
The Age – Page: 2 : 5-Sep-14
Industrial segregation and "unconscious bias" have been blamed for a pay gap between men and women. Helen Conway, the head of the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, says the gap still exists because women are under-represented in management, and over-represented in lower-paid positions. Men’s average ordinary full-time weekly earnings are significantly higher than women’s, at $A1,559.10 versus $A1,275.90
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AUSTRALIA. WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY AGENCY, GRADUATE CAREERS AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS