March
Big billing MinterEllison partners in line for more lucrative paydays
The top-tier law firm has followed some of its major rivals in creating a larger gap between top earners and the rest of the partnership to prevent poaching.
Wall Street bonus pool surges to a record $75.2b for 2024
The average bonus rose by almost a third to $387,500, the first significant increase since the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City data shows.
Slaters refers former staffer to police over incendiary mass email
The law firm says a forensic investigation has found the sender of the infamous memo had access to sensitive data and was familiar with its cybersecurity.
Interest rates, doctors’ bills to rise to pay backdated payroll tax
Industry groups warn of “contagion” from Revenue NSW’s aggressive interpretation of payroll tax law.
Bill Ackman joins top tennis players’ pay fight
Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios and other tennis stars are suing the sport’s governing bodies, accusing them of running a cartel.
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.
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.
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”.
February
Slater & Gordon email reveals CEO’s mansion excesses
Senior executives celebrated Christmas at the outer Melbourne mansion with a private chef last year.
An audit found Colin didn’t owe a cent. Then he was charged $1m in tax
Businessman Colin Walker says he is among a rising number of companies being aggressively pursued for payroll tax by the NSW government, which may be setting an example for other states.
January
What Atlassian has quietly done to attract top talent
The Nasdaq-listed productivity software giant has quietly allowed staff to begin selling shares after just three months. Critics say they may as well pay cash.
What train drivers, psychiatrists and others get paid
The recent spate of disruptive industrial disputes between governments and public sector workers has sparked conversations about how much these employees earn.
Wage rises to blow out ‘unrealistic’ state budgets: S&P
Psychiatrists in NSW and teachers, nurses and police in Queensland are the latest essential workers to demand significant wage rises from state governments.
Rolling Stones pocket $21m a show as ‘pensioner’ rock stars cash in
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger made $21 million each time they played live last year, multiples more than Brat star Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran.