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Emma fuels jets for the overtime, but she’s a gender pay gap exception

Sally Patten and Hannah Wootton

Feb 26, 2024 – 5.00am

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Leading employers admit they have not done enough to ensure that women and men get equal pay, and say the disparity is unacceptable.

Some of Australia’s most prominent companies, including property group Mirvac, AustralianSuper and AGL Energy, said their gender pay gaps were as high as 33 per cent.

Sally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.

Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne.