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Gender balance is smart economics: CEW

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... among the worst offenders on gender pay gap in the country and it's hurting the economy. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) found that women who work in financial services and insurance earn 19.1% less than men in their industry, which is ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... it easier to report. Previously, companies of a certain size reported remuneration data to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), but no individual employee remuneration was disclosed. Now, companies' gender pay gaps will be published on the ...

National gender pay gap stuck at 22.8%: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... women on average earnt almost $26,600 less than men between 2021 and 2022. Data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) titled 2021-22 Employer Census revealed progress to close the gap has stalled and remains at 22.8%. Alarmingly, the ...

Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... Nations women, culturally diverse women, and women living with disabilities is accounted for, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency will begin collecting pay gap data specific to them from 2023. This was an outcome of the Jobs and Skills Summit earlier ...

Women paid less at every age, rank: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
... 55 and over will take home $93,000 less per year than their male counterparts, new data shows. Workplace Gender Equality Agency conducted wages and ages: mapping the gender pay gap by age data series and revealed that, men out earn women across every ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... more to be done, BT advice technical and regulatory, senior manager Sarah Conte said. "With the workplace gender equality agency citing it will take a quarter of a century before we close that gap, I think women have the right to say, 'What more ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... way on gender because we have fantastic data." The data Hobbs is referring to comes from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) which collects data on gender diversity in all workplaces with more than 100 employees in Australia. Thanks to this data ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... amount of super these women will have when they retire." But it won't be enough. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) in May 2021, women's average weekly ordinary full-time earnings across all industries and occupations was $1575 ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... super guarantee on its scheme. ISA released a report on the issue in partnership with former Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) director Libby Lyons, arguing that paying super on parental leave is the most practical way to address the gap in super ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... over the last year, Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart pointed out. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), the national gender pay gap is 14.2%, up 0.8 percentage points over the past six months. A year ago, it was 14%. The ...