PAY EQUITY – AUSTRALIA

Gender pay gap only 5pc for comparable work roles

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 12 : 14-Oct-15

Hay Group’s analysis of salary data suggests that female workers are generally paid just paid five per cent less than male colleagues in similar roles. This compares with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s estimate that the gender pay gap is around 25 per cent on average, although its data is based on the salaries of people in executive roles rather than those in comparable roles. Trevor Warden of Hay Group says having more women in senior positions will help address the pay gap.

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HAY GROUP, AUSTRALIA. WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY AGENCY

Being female doesn’t pay

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 36 : 28-Nov-14

Data from Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows that the average pay gap between men and women across the economy is 24.7 per cent. However, this rises to 37.8 per cent in the case of women employees in the finance sector and 35.6 per cent in the legal sector. King & Wood Mallesons’ managing partner Sue Kench says women lawyers need to more actively "put themselves forward" in pay discussions

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AUSTRALIA. WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY AGENCY, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, HOLDING REDLICH, MINTER ELLISON, THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, MADDOCKS LAWYERS

Women face gender pay gap of 18.2 per cent

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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