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CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... accountability is a catalyst for further action," WGEA chief executive Mary Wooldridge said. CSC recorded a 22.1% gender pay gap for total median remuneration and 22% for the median base salary despite recording an equal number of male and female employees. ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... duplication with already planned reform agendas, including in relation to gender action plans, and disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting. Rathi added that the regulators continue to support voluntary industry initiatives on this front. Meantime ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... when it comes to breaking down barriers to having an equitable and inclusive industry. One small win is that the gender pay gap in financial services marginally narrowed from 23.6% to 22.2% in the last financial year, newly released figures from the ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... (WGEA) report shows. The 2024 financial year shows that financial services employers barely closed in on their gender pay gap, although the WGEA says that they are making an effort. Financial services - which the WGEA classifies as finance, insurance ...

Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... flexible working arrangements has a disproportionate effect on women's earning capacity and contributes to Australia's gender pay gap," WGEA chief executive Mary Wooldridge said. "Women are more likely to want or need to work part-time, and sometimes ...

COVID helped to reduce inequality: Productivity Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... income gap between men and women consistent with an increase in women's workforce participation and a declining gender pay gap," de Fontenay said. The gap between the average incomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the Australian ...

Poor gender diversity not a 'women's problem': Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... investment team is 44% female, while the entire organisation boasts a 50% gender balance. Moreover, VFMC decreased its gender pay gap from 26% to 16% in a short space of time. This was made possible by its leaders making a concerted effort to be deliberate ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
A whopping 80% of the gender pay gap can be attributed to women being paid less than men within the same occupation, a new economic analysis shows. After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... to women's success in the sector that were identified in 2018 are still in place. This includes the average gender pay gap, which has stagnated, moving just 0.3 percentage points from 23% in 2021-22 to 22.7% in 2022-23. In all other industries, it's ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... balances often take a hit when they have children," WA industrial relations minister Simone McGurk said. "The retirement pay gap for women has been too wide for too long. This is a practical way to narrow the gap, and I'd urge other employers to ...