join us to acknowledge the 50th Anniversary of Australia’s historic ‘equal pay’ legislation and to continue the conversation to achieve gender pay equity.
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#EPD2017 women are more likely to take time out of the workforce
The aim of gender equality in the workplace is to achieve broadly equal outcomes for women and men, not necessarily outcomes that are exactly the same for all.
Equal Pay Day – 4th September 2017 #EPD2017
Using Average Weekly Earnings data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) calculates the national gender pay gap to be 15.3% for full-time employees, a difference of $251.20 per week. Follow the conversation at #EPD2017. WGEA Director Libby Lyons said Equal Pay Day was an important reminder of the continuing […]
National gender pay gap shows women still undervalued at work
Equal Pay Day falls on Monday 4 September this year, marking the additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same pay as men.
After a lifetime of working and caring: “What then” – #EPD2017
Join the conversation #EPD2017 – on the 4th September. “Australia has achieved genuine equality between women and men in education,” said Ms Lyons WGEA Director Libby Lyons. “However, the persistent gender pay gap reflects the barriers women face in accessing equivalent pay packets to men. “This is ………………. a disaster for women, who are retiring […]
The GPG widens with age – #EPD2017
The gender pay gap is highest in the 45-54 age group at 20.0%. Increasing women’s workforce participation by 6% could add $25 billion a year to Australia’s GDP. (WGEA 2017)
Most women don’t work full time – what does this mean for #EPD2017
Most women don’t work full-time. Women work part-time at three times the rate of men, which reduces their income and savings capacity.
Our Equal Pay Day 2017 campaign supports Women in Sport
Women in all sports have been fighting for a decade for a level playing field – equal pay for equal value. So are we. How did they get this far and what does it mean for women playing and leading in sport today?