November
Female bosses are paid $159k less than men
Female chief executives and heads of business are paid an average of $158,632 less than their male counterparts, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
- Euan Black
October
Blackwattle Partners says it’s too expensive to hire women
Pedestals are nothing if not slippery. Just ask Blackwattle Investment Partners.
- Myriam Robin
Big super’s executive gender pay gap revealed
Analysis by The Australian Financial Review also shows who the highest-paid superannuation bosses were last year.
- Hannah Wootton
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Return to work programs let talent shine, narrow gender pay gap
Jo Reardon says going back to banking after five years was daunting but a return to work scheme helped her thrive at the Commonwealth Bank.
- Euan Black
Explore how your boss measures up on the gender pay gap
Company-specific gender pay gaps were revealed for the first time earlier this year. Enter your industry and company in our interactive chart below to see how they measure up.
- Michael Read, Hannah Wootton and Daniel Reti
September
DEI is no longer just about ethics, it’s about profits, academics say
Australian business schools are providing an increasing amount of diversity components to reflect a growing corporate demand.
- Gus McCubbing
August
- Opinion
- Gender equality
This Gender Pay Day, employers must take action for their own good
Women must work, on average, 50 more days per year to earn the same as men. Here’s what businesses need to do about it.
- Mary Wooldridge
Greater transparency drives gender pay gap to record low
The publication of large employers’ gender pay gaps has pressured bosses to do more to address the issue.
- Euan Black
July
Trust in government is the newest gender divide
Only 38 per cent of Australian women trust the federal government, compared with 54 per cent of men, an OECD study has found.
- Tom Burton
June
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 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
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
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
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
‘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
- Opinion
- Federal budget
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
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
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.
- Updated
- Maxim Shanahan
Family-focussed firm offers fertility benefits
Staff at Engage Squared can receive up to $5000 towards fertility treatments.
- Christopher Niesche
April
- Exclusive
- Construction
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