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KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
KPMG has proposed a Carers' Income Tax Offset (CARITO) as part of a wider effort to properly value time dedicated to unpaid work. CARITO would be a non-refundable tax offset, credited against any income tax payable upon people returning to work after ...

JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... only the wealth of investors but also individuals and society. Achieving the outcomes of net zero, racial and gender equality or eradicating modern slavery are challenges that our industry will play a central role in resolving but cannot achieve alone," ...

Office for Women combats financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... measures by organisations is an effective way to position themselves as leaders in women's safety and advancing gender equality in Australia. Consequently, this can be an important point of difference for customers, employees and investors, the guide ...

Women paid less at every age, rank: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
... at age 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 ...

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... transparency on remuneration, or pay secrecy, contributes to the persistent gender pay gap. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Authority, the full-time gender pay gap in financial services in Australia is 26.9% while the gap for part-time workers ...

Childcare key to super gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... is effectively a financial penalty women pay and it's unacceptable and deeply unfair. It's why we want to see gender equality measures in next week's Federal Budget and why we're calling for superannuation equity reform to be a priority in the next term ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... in this goal. And while it's great to see how far society has come toward breaking the bias and achieving gender equality, there is still more to be done, BT advice technical and regulatory, senior manager Sarah Conte said. "With the workplace gender ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... level, more women in leadership generates more profits. On the back of similar research, Saxo recently launched a gender equality basket, containing 30 companies with a market cap above $5 billion - including 10 companies each from North America, Europe ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... the 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 ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... reinforce the importance of board and executive accountability when it comes creating a safe workplace and promoting gender equality. In the ASX300, seven firms do not have a single woman on the boards, of which three have never appointed a female director. ...