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Despite years of gradual improvements, the gender pay gap remains a persistent problem for women everywhere.

Women are exhausted and frustrated. They have every right to be

This week, don’t be surprised if the women in your life are exhausted, frustrated, underwhelmed – or a combination of all three.

  • Victoria Devine

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Fertility clinics had some of the largest gender pay gaps.

What are men and women paid at your workplace?

Australian women earn $28,425 less than men on average, new figures show, and fertility clinics have gender pay gaps more than double the national average.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
New figures on the gender pay gap have been released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

Private girls’ schools have wider gender pay gaps than boys’ schools

The 20 most expensive boys’ schools across Melbourne and Sydney have, on average, bucked the national trend and achieved gender pay parity, analysis of new figures shows.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Even with new efforts from the government, the gender pay gay remains stark in many industries.

For the rest of the year, half of us will work for ‘free’. Here’s why

A dark day on Australian calendars came around recently. It’s not officially marked down, and no alerts are issued, but it’s one we should all remember.

  • Victoria Devine
Many TPG email accounts were transferred to another service provider to save costs.

Part-time on way out as Australians opt for ‘flexible work’ instead

Women are voting with their feet in a move to flexible full-time rather than traditional part-time work, a significant snapshot of Australian workplaces reveals.

  • Hamish Hastie
The rise in working from home has benefited some types of workers more than others.

Flexible work is a business benefit – and looks like it’s here to stay

There have always been good and bad aspects to part-time work. But its nature has changed significantly recently – and it’s potentially to employees’ benefit.

  • Alan Duncan
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The gender pay gap may be improving, but women still earn nearly 12 per cent less than men.

Women work 50 days extra to equal men’s pay. Here’s a way to fix that

For every dollar an average man earns, the average woman makes just 89 cents. I don’t know about you, but that also makes me think: challenge accepted.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Imogen Crump went viral for breaking off mid-sentence on live TV to apologise for her hot fush. Even so, she says she has never performed better at work than in mid0life.

Is menopause killing women’s work, or is ‘garbage data’ trashing the brand? A Senate inquiry must decide

Claims that large numbers of women are quitting the workforce early because menopause is not supported are unfounded and being pushed as fact, risking women’s economic security, critics say.

  • Wendy Tuohy
He’s just Ken: Ryan Gosling’s epic Barbie ballad has racked up over 100 million streams.

What the hell is wrong with men? Yes, it’s a multiple-choice question

It’s a question that researchers and, let’s face it, women, have been asking for decades.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Cross-class friendships have a stronger impact on future incomes than school quality, family structure and job availability, the study has found.

The Albanese government doesn’t just like women, it needs them

Women voters are growing increasingly progressive which makes them appetising prey not just for Labor but for the Greens and the teals.

  • Jacqueline Maley

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