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

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

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