gender pay gap
Women leaders gain ground at half of BigLaw firms
Just over half of Australia’s largest law firms have increased the number of women in leadership roles in the 12...
06 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Gender pay gap persists as top firms slide backwards
New gender pay gap data reveals an uneven pace of reform across the legal profession, with several of the...
03 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
The superannuation issues facing women in law
Financial inequality in the legal profession starts earlier than one might think.
23 February 2026
By Amelia Mcnamara
Why women lawyers will benefit from Payday Super
The incoming Payday Super legislation is set to have a significant impact on the “super pay gap” experienced by...
02 February 2026
By Amelia Mcnamara
Women still earn less at the top, despite 0.7% gender pay gap drop
Australian employers are making steady progress in closing the nation’s gender pay gap, according to WGEA’s 2025...
27 November 2025
By Grace Robbie
How open pay policies can help law firms promote transparency
Legal workplaces are often thought of as having long hours and issues with pay disparity – in the face of this, an...
22 October 2025
By Carlos Tse
Nearly half of male lawyers don’t believe the profession has a gender pay gap
Despite growing evidence confirming the presence of a gender pay gap in Australian law firms, Lawyers Weekly has...
04 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
Dentons achieves 0% gender pay gap
Global law firm Dentons has brought its gender pay gap down to zero – in a move which is, according to the firm, a...
27 May 2025
By Lauren Croft
Firms falling short for female lawyers
Despite advancements in the legal profession in tackling gender inequality, female lawyers still face distinct...
21 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
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 Penny Thew
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 and Grace Robbie
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 million.
29 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson