This Month
Wikramanayake: Diversity is not woke, it’s smart business
Corporate leaders shared stories of success and failure at a dinner honouring the 40th anniversary of Chief Executive Women.
The $1m cost of not asking for a pay rise
Hundreds of thousands – even millions – of dollars quietly disappear over the course of a career. It’s a financial catastrophe in slow motion.
Meet the stay-at-home dads whose wives are killing it at work
Outside parental leave, few men become the primary carer for school-age children. But these fathers have, allowing their partners to continue their careers.
McKinsey solves the gender pay gap this International Women’s Day
Once women have earned their own equality, Elizabeth Arden will also help them celebrate with free lipstick applications.
The secret to a strong economy is women
I’ve seen first-hand that when you tap the talents of the whole population you draw from the very best available. The more capable people we have, the better.
Job appointments have never been purely merit-based: CEW chief
If we give too much air time to DEI’s detractors, people may begin to believe such programs are unwarranted, says Chief Executive Women CEO Lisa Annese.
How well paid are you compared with others in your firm (or industry)?
Try our quiz to see how your income measures up with the rest of your company and sector.
Delve into details before voting for Dutton’s nuclear vision
Readers’ letters on the true costs of atomic energy, gender pay gaps, the green light for ConocoPhillips’ gas plan, leadership qualities, and housing affordability.
ASX dives; Take Trump seriously: Goldman CEO; Explore the pay gap data
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
The pay gaps at Morgan Stanley, Barrenjoey, UBS
The gender pay gaps in the top tier of Australian finance are the largest in the country.
Historic pay data dump gives money men nowhere to hide
Australia’s biggest payers have the biggest pay gaps. Nowhere is this more evident than in financial services, where the money men still dominate.
‘Unsatisfactory’: US-based firms book biggest gender pay gaps
Law and consulting firms run out of the United States are grappling with the effects of an anti-DEI drive from the US government.
Five charts that explain the gender pay gap
Men taking up a disproportionate share of executive positions is a major driver of the disparity. These charts offer some interesting revelations.
Australia’s top-paying companies among worst pay gap culprits
A total of 24 companies pay their top-earning workers $1 million or more, but none of them have a neutral gender pay gap.
Gender data shows any lack of meritocracy is working in favour of men
Hopefully, employers will be able to use the gender pay gap data to counter the backlash from men who complain they are missing out on job promotions.
Men dominate tech’s best-paid roles, but women are making inroads
Amid the DEI policy backlash, CEOs in the local tech sector have made progress in shrinking the pay disparity between their male and female employees.
Explore how your boss measures up on the gender pay gap
Enter your industry and company in our interactive to see how they measure up.
If only the WGEA gender agency matched its ideals with action
Have an industry-beating gender pay gap or male-heavy leadership team? WGEA might have some work for you.
The story bigger than the gender pay gap in today’s figures
Among the data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency is the average pay packet at almost every company with 100 or more employees.
BHP set a gender target. The (male) backlash took 3 years
The miner has more than tripled its female workforce over a nine-year campaign for balance. It overcame a huge shortage of women and an “alpha dog culture”.