Gender pay gap Australia

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Shocking Gender Pay Gap Data Revealed in Australia

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New explosive data uncovers gender pay gaps in Australia's biggest companies, shaking up workplace equality.

The gender pay gap in Australia continues to be a persistent issue, with disparities in salaries between men and women within the same organizations. Recently, explosive new data has come to light, shedding light on which big employers have the largest and smallest gender pay gaps. The data, released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, exposes the national median total remuneration gender pay gap sitting at a staggering 19%. Individuals can now search for the gender pay gap of any employer in Australia with over 100 employees.

In an effort to promote workplace gender equality, the Albanese Government has taken proactive steps by publishing the gender pay gaps of nearly 5000 Australian private sector employers for the first time. The reveal of these figures marks a significant move towards transparency and accountability in addressing the gender pay gap issue. The Australian Financial Review has also delved into the calculations of pay disparity at over 5000 companies, focusing on the ASX200 and the largest private organizations to uncover where gender equality stands.

With every industry showing a bias towards men in pay structures, the data exposes a stark reality. However, there are some businesses that are breaking the norm and bucking the trend by narrowing the gender pay gap. This new era of gender pay gap data disclosure marks a critical turning point in striving for equal pay across all sectors of the Australian workforce.

The gender pay gap report, although not aimed at 'naming and shaming,' has brought attention to the need for continued efforts to bridge the pay gap. Interesting highlights also include Coles boosting half-year sales despite a decline in profits, and Andrew Forrest's neutral stance on nuclear energy, further diversifying the discourse on workplace equality and environmental sustainability.

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Which big employers have the largest and smallest gender pay gaps ... (ABC News)

The gender pay gap — the difference between what men and women are paid in the same organisation — is a stubborn problem. Now, explosive new data from a ...

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Australia's gender pay gap explorer: where does your employer rank? (The Guardian)

Search the data to find the gender pay gap for any employer in Australia with more than 100 employees.

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Employer gender pay gaps published for the first time | Ministers ... (Ministers Media Centre)

The Albanese Government is taking action to improve workplace gender equality, with the gender pay gaps for nearly 5000 Australian private sector employers ...

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Australia news LIVE: Data reveals gender pay gap at Australia's ... (WAtoday)

Australia's gender pay gap has been revealed in new data, the majority of voters support tax reform and Scott Morrison will deliver his final speech in ...

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Welcome to Australia's new era of gender pay gap data disclosure (The Mandarin)

New data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has revealed the national median total remuneration gender pay gap sits at 19%.

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WGEA gender pay gap: How Australia's top 250 companies rate (The Australian Financial Review)

The Australian Financial Review has dug through calculations of pay disparity at more than 5000 companies to zero in on the ASX200 and the largest private ...

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Gender pay gap revealed by WGEA at every Australian workplace (The Senior)

For the first time, explore the gender pay gap at every large Australian employer. Spoiler: every industry favours men but some businesses are bucking the ...

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Australia news LIVE: Data reveals gender pay gap at Australia's biggest companies; Voters support stamp duty change (Brisbane Times)

Gender pay gap report not about 'naming and shaming': Gallagher · Coles boosts half-year sales, but profits down · Forrest doesn't 'have a dog in race' on nuclear energy.

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20 Australian businesses and their gender pay gaps, according to ... (Women's Agenda)

WGEA has released the median gender pay gaps of more than 5000 firms, highlighting some grim realities in gender equality across industries in Australia.

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QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years ... (Monash Lens)

The public release, for the first time, of gender pay gaps by company highlights the ongoing pay discrepancy women face in the workplace, particularly in ...

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Silence broken on gender pay gaps but we must hold organisations ... (University of South Australia)

The WGEA's exposure of the gender pay gaps in large Australian organisations is a turning point for gender equality, says UniSA's Professor Carol Kulik.

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The elite private schools bucking the national trend by paying ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency's latest snapshot shows that Rosebank College in Sydney's inner west has a gender pay gap of 43.8 per cent in favour of ...

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Australian gender pay gap report exposes top companies (Reuters)

The gender pay gap at some of Australia's top corporations including Commonwealth Bank , national carrier Qantas and oil and gas explorer Woodside is bigger ...

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As it happened: Data reveals gender pay gap at Australia's biggest ... (WAtoday)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a dixer to take aim at senator Matt Canavan's earlier comments that data released by the Workplace Gender Equality ...

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Arup Australia gender pay gap published (Arup)

Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has for the first-time published Arup Australia's median gender pay gap data, along with that of all private sector ...

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Australia News Today: Gender pay gap at banks, smart roads, NZ ... (Bloomberg)

Good morning Australia, Harry here from the Sydney bureau with your Tuesday news digest.Today's must-reads:• Morgan Stanley and UBS report big gender pay ...

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Holding Redlich achieves gender pay gap of only 2.1 per cent (Holding Redlich)

Promoting transparency and accountability, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) publishes base salary and total remuneration median gender pay gaps for ...

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What the gender pay gap looks like at Australia's biggest firms (Lawyers Weekly)

New workplace data has revealed the gender pay gap at Australia's largest legal workplaces. Here, Lawyers Weekly lists the firms with the best and worst ...

ACTU welcomes historic publication of gender pay gap across ... (Australian Council of Trade Unions)

The unions movement has campaigned for equal pay and workplaces free of discrimination, and the publicising of the ongoing gender pay gap is an important tool ...

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WGEA unveils gender pay gaps of private sector employers (Human Resources Director)

The data revealed a 21.7% gender pay gap across Australia, where women only earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by a man. The findings also found that only 30 ...

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Gender pay gap figures revealed - Australian Defence Magazine (Australian Defence Magazine)

2 / 3 free articles left. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency yesterday revealed Australia's latest national gender pay gap figures, showing that for every ...

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