Gender equality targets now mandatory for big corporates

Following the release of its gender pay gap data last month, WGEA has now welcomed new amendments to the Workplace...

01 April 2025

By Lauren Croft

Half of law firms pay below-average salary to lowest earners

Despite BigLaw’s highest earners taking home a pay cheque that’s well above the national average, half of them pay...

17 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Gender pay equity ‘not just a moral imperative’, CLO says

Improving a business’s gender pay gap requires structural resets, board leadership, and good governance, according to...

11 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Combating ‘broification’, ‘Baby Reindeer’-like workplace conduct, and the entrenched gender pay gap

New mandatory equality and wellbeing barrister training proposed by the Australian Bar Association could help fight...

06 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firms with high gender pay gaps have fewer women in top jobs

Looking into the number of women with top jobs at Australia’s biggest firms may explain why some gender pay gaps are...

05 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Gender pay gap laws aren’t working, women say

New laws requiring big businesses to publish their gender pay gaps are not fixing the broader issues, according to a...

05 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Gender pay gaps getting worse in Aussie law firms

Australia’s biggest law firms had their gender pay data exposed for the second year in a row. Here, Lawyers Weekly...

04 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Why law firms’ gender pay gaps may not be entirely accurate

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released data that exposes the pay gap at Australia’s biggest firms, but a...

04 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Commonwealth’s low rates partly to blame for inequality at the Bar

Following reports that women barristers receive much less in fees compared to male counterparts, one Bar Council has...

27 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Value of briefs to women barristers still too low, despite ‘positive’ signs for equality targets

“The pay gap remains too wide”: There is reason for optimism about greater gender inclusivity at the Australian...

20 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Disney settles gender pay gap lawsuit for $43m

A lawsuit that accused Disney of paying women less than men has settled for $43

29 November 2024

By Naomi Neilson

New gender pay gap data reveals reform works, WGEA says

Months after pay gap data exposed the salary divide at Australia’s biggest firms, the Workplace Gender Equality...

20 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘Pink tax’: Why is gender-based pricing discrimination legal?

The pink tax prevails in Australia due to the lack of laws and regulations preventing the mark-up of women’s products...

20 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Inclusive policies are an ‘important investment’ in female lawyers

Following the release of gender pay gap data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and in the lead-up to...

06 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

Male lawyers more likely to rate their remuneration highly

New findings from Lawyers Weekly and Agile Market Intelligence demonstrate that men in law are more inclined to...

04 March 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Why pay equity is a safety issue

It’s time we started seeing inequality for what it is – a risk to women’s safety. The old way of doing things is...

04 March 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Women more likely to see gender pay gap in law than men

Today (27 February), the gender pay data of Australia’s biggest employers will be made public by the Workplace Gender...

27 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Accountability is here: What you need to know about gender pay gap reporting

Today (27 February) is the launch of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) gender pay gap reporting. Here, we...

27 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will the release of gender pay gap data impact legal recruitment activity?

Ahead of the publication of the gender pay gaps of Australian employers with more than 100 workers later this week,...

26 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Leaders must be prepared for gender pay gap audits

The gender pay gap publication date is fast approaching. Firms must be prepared if they’re to hang onto their image...

23 January 2024

By Lauren Croft