Opinion

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

Aug 18, 2024 – 4.49pm

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August 19 marks Equal Pay Day. The 50 days into the new financial year that Australian women must work to earn the same, on average, as men did last year.

The date is based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data which shows that last year women earned, on average, 88¢ for every $1 men earned. This is the gender pay gap.