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Gender pay gap

June

Gender equality campaigners need to do more to get young men on board, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz says.

Director urges equality advocates to leave their echo chamber

True gender equality benefits men as well as women, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz says, but advocates need to convince boys of that or risk going backwards.

  • Hannah Wootton
Men in the federal public service are more likely than woemn to be in the highest-paid jobs.

Men still winning the best-paid federal jobs

The Commonwealth public sector leads the private sector on gender equity, but women still earn $19,000 less on average.

  • Tom Burton
Investment manager Kristen Le Mesurier says it’s a demanding job that not everyone wants to do.

Australia had more female fund managers seven years ago

Industry efforts to hire more women in investment management have borne fruit. But the industry is struggling to get more women into portfolio manager roles.

  • Euan Black

May

Ian Lilley has recently come back from parental leave.

Why dads take less time off than mums

Gender stereotypes are discouraging men from taking paid parental leave, a survey has found, making it harder for Australia to close the gender pay gap.

  • Euan Black
Employees at Melanie Perkins’ Canva are higher paid than tech staff elsewhere, but are increasingly unionised, according to Professionals Australia.

Study shows pay gaps between tech’s big names and the rest

A new study shows a stark difference in pay at newer tech stars like Atlassian and Canva, compared to public sector and other tech company specialists.

  • Paul Smith
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‘I thought I had dementia’: How menopause crimps income and super

Menopause costs women as much as $60,000 in retirement savings, according to ASFA.

  • Sian Powell
Minister for Women Katy Gallagher.

Gender and family advocates will have to wait a bit longer

The issue with announcing a rise in wages for childcare workers is that there is a multi-enterprise bargaining process underway.

  • Sally Patten
The gender pay gap is explained by women just being paid less than men, a new analysis has found.

It’s not what you do but who you are: gender pay gap myths busted

The gender pay gap is not explained by women’s career choices, or that they work part-time. They just get paid less than men, a new study has found.

  • Julie Hare
The pay disparity between lawyers with equivalent levels of experience is greatest among senior lawyers.

Legal grad pay tops $110k, but wage gap still stubborn

The gender pay gap in the legal industry remains “stubbornly and consistently high”, a survey has found.

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  • Maxim Shanahan

Family-focussed firm offers fertility benefits

Staff at Engage Squared can receive up to $5000 towards fertility treatments.

  • Christopher Niesche

April

Sticking to a five-day week: 21-year-old construction trainee Charbel Helou.

Construction’s long hours put next generation of workers off

A new industry survey shows working conditions in an industry already struggling to attract women are also putting off the next generation of men.

  • Michael Bleby

How to fix construction’s female problem

The gender pay gap in construction is entirely not surprising when the female participation in the industry is so low. Here are five strategies to fix it.

  • Alison Mirams
Goldman Sachs’ global investment banking revenue declined 20 per cent in the second quarter of 2023.

Goldman Sachs’ women problem is getting worse

The mean hourly pay difference between men and women has reached 54 per cent as the bank struggles to promote more women to top positions.

  • Tom Metcalf

March

Cushman & Wakefield’s Noral Wild: “The demands on data – they can’t even keep up with what they think is going to be needed to service the AI component of all of that.”

Cushman & Wakefield taps Noral Wild to lead, deepens alternatives push

The commercial agency’s appointment of a new CEO for Australia and New Zealand signals the trends in commercial property it is aiming to tap.

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  • Michael Bleby
Mary Wooldridge tells the National Press Club that action, not just acknowledgement, is needed to help close the gender pay gap.

Government contracts on the line if gender targets not met

Companies like BAE Systems, Microsoft, SAP and the big consulting firms stand to lose billions in government contracts if they can’t prove they’re meeting targets.

  • Hannah Wootton
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Why billable hours could fix investment banking’s gender pay gap

Investment banking has one of the country’s largest gender pay gaps. But why is it so different to law?

  • Jemima Whyte
Odgers Berndtson principal Alistair Clark said getting more women into senior leadership was more important than redressing the gender imbalance in HR.

Lack of men in HR least of bosses’ gender-equality problems

The push for greater gender diversity in corporate Australia has not translated into getting more men into female-dominated human resources roles.

  • Euan Black
Women would work for longer if they could.

Women don’t ‘choose’ to work less – there is no choice

The “motherhood penalty” in Australia is higher than our peers. It’s dragging on national productivity.

  • Gordon Cleveland and Georgie Dent
More men in the pipeline: Construction company Urban Core CEO Dominique Gill says the need for onsite experience means there are still more men in the highest-paid site jobs.

How to narrow construction’s massive wage gap

The highest-paying jobs on site go to those with the most experience, but not everyone – especially women with caring responsibilities – can get that.

  • Michael Bleby
It’s no longer a case of solely having strong technical skills, says Robert Half director Nicole Gorton.

Jobseekers asking more questions about gender pay gap after WGEA data

The publication of large employers’ gender pay gaps has led to more questions from candidates about parental leave policies too.

  • Euan Black

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