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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
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
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
1 in 4 businesses doesn’t monitor effectiveness of workplace misconduct policies
New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) offers a blueprint for employer action to prevent sexual...
12 November 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
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
‘Women will continue to pay the price for not being men’ until they are equally valued
Following the release of gender pay gap data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and International Women’s Day,...
11 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
1.1% gender pay gap drop is ‘nothing to celebrate’
WGEA has released its annual Gender Equality Scorecard for 2023, which comes before the release of specific gender pay...
05 December 2023
By Lauren Croft
The ‘gender flex gap’ in law
This Equal Pay Day (25 August), two BigLaw firms have called on the legal profession to continue working towards gender...
25 August 2023
By [email protected]
Pay transparency laws an opportunity for employers
Australia’s new pay transparency laws are an opportunity for firms to build trust and stand out in attracting and...
16 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Why ‘family-friendly’ policies are so important to Holding Redlich
Increased flexibility and new parental leave entitlements are part of attracting and retaining staff, according to the...
07 April 2022
By Lauren Croft
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