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Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... Investors says mandatory gender pay gap disclosure will provide an additional data point beyond simple board composition for women on leadership teams. "Pay gap data can also provide some insight into company culture, and whether statements about valuing ...

Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as Future Fund chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... as part-time members of the Future Fund board. "These two new member appointments will increase the representation of women on the Future Fund and continue the government's really strong track record of appointing women to senior roles in Australia's ...

Fidelity International chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... Investments and Aberdeen Asset Management's global chief investment officer. London-based Richards currently serves on Women on Boards as an ambassador and is on the advisory board of The Lord Mayor's Appeal. With a background in engineering ...

UK government investigates sexism in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
The UK government is exploring sexism in the financial services sector, investigating the barriers still faced by women and whether careers should be marketed differently. In doing so, it's calling for international case studies for comparison. The ...

Women in Super appoints chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... superannuation," Kowalczyk said. Also commenting, Campo said she is proud to be leading the committee and hard-working women on the Women in Super board. "Women in Super plays a critical role in the superannuation industry providing a voice to improve ...

Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... into law. "The gender pay gap is a stubborn beast. We've been talking about it for decades, and still, Australian women on average earn 13.3% less than men, the equivalent of working for free from 3.56 pm in a nine-to-five workday," she said. "There's ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... about 90% of those who reach out [for advice] are women, so that's really incredible," she says. "But even those women on great salaries who have the desire to learn can struggle from paycheck to paycheck, especially in an economic climate like today." ...

National gender pay gap stuck at 22.8%: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
Australian 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 ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations to advocate for the measure, saying it could be life-changing for women on lower incomes, of which many of HESTA's members are. Looking at its membership, HESTA said a typical member in early childhood ...

ASX board diversity stagnating: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... of the seats held by women. Last year, 29% of female directors held 51% of female-occupied seats. Still, the number of women on boards has increased by 70% since 2016. However, in 2021 there remained 69 companies in the ASX 300 with no or just one woman ...
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