/ 28 February 2024

Mind the gap

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Since the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) report dropped yesterday, showing that two-thirds of 5,000 big Aussie companies have a pay gap favouring men, there have been quite a few reactions… Finance Minister Katy Gallagher was less than impressed with Liberal-Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, who called the report “useless data” that “breeds resentment and division”. Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley also disagreed, saying it was a situation Aussie women understood “only too well”. Corporate leaders say it comes down to women taking on family responsibilities, and that makes the men’s grip on higher-paying jobs hard to shift. If you work for a large company and want to see how it stacks up, here’s a handy tool to check it out.

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