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US President Harry S Truman once said “if you can’t convince them, confuse them”. And right now, there is confusion out there. Confusion which is fanning an inferno of misinformation about the concept of equal pay and the concept of the gender pay gap. These two notions are very different and it is time to set the record straight.
Never has the spotlight on unequal pay in professional sport shone quite so brightly as in the past month. The FIFA Women’s World Cup in France saw the reigning world champions, team USA, take out a back-to-back world title – the culmination of a commanding campaign that including a devastating 13-0 win over Thailand.
When we look back at 2019 so far, it is clear there is growing interest in equality for female athletes. There has been much focus on equal representation, equal opportunities and, the big one, equal pay for our female athletes.
Over the past five years of reporting, acting on gender equality and identifying pay inequality within organisations has increased.
More men are finding themselves caught in the crosshairs between two diverging expectations: traditional breadwinner and modern father.
At Diageo, from 1 July 2019 all Australian employees will be eligible to take 26 weeks paid family leave regardless of gender, carer status or length of service.
Flexible work is good for business and good for employees. The evidence is clear. To celebrate 22 May, Flexible Working Day, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (‘WGEA’) is asking all organisations to think about how they could become a little ‘flexier’.
ANZAC Day is our national day of reflection and commemoration. We remember the brave men and women who served on battlefields and in peacekeeping missions around the world.
Last month we invited all report contacts to complete a survey on the current online reporting system and the results are in.
In the last ten years, gender equality has become a growing priority for businesses and government across the globe. The maxim ‘what gets measured gets managed’ is truly accepted now.