These companies nailed the gender pay challenge. It wasn’t easy

Sally PattenBOSS editor

Feb 27, 2024 – 12.01am

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Closing the remuneration gap between men and women to less than 5 per cent requires “hard graft” and is a “monotonous process”, says Anthony Heraghty, chief executive of Super Retail Group.

Super Retail Group, which owns retail brands such as boating and fishing store chain BCF and outdoor clothing store Macpac, is one of just 16 companies in the S&P/ASX 200 index with a median gender pay gap for total remuneration of less than 5 per cent in favour of either men or women, a proportion deemed “neutral” by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

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. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com