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Workplace Gender Equality Agency

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
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
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
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
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
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
Combating the (ever-pervasive) gender pay gap in law
While women won the right to equal pay in 1969, the gender pay gap still exists – while progress is being made, firms...
07 August 2023
By Lauren Croft
Is inflation disproportionately impacting female lawyers?
With the cost of living continuing to rise and a potential recession on the horizon, inflation has been revealed to...
29 March 2023
By Lauren Croft
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Firms need to work together to create ‘truly inclusive organisations’
Following the release of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency list of Employers of Choice for Gender Equality, two...
28 March 2022
By Lauren Croft
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Women lawyers need better pathways into leadership
Following the release of Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard, three BigLaw managing partners weighed in on...
23 February 2022
By Lauren Croft
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