Gender pay equity

MEDIA RELEASE: New WGEA results confirm improvement in gender equality, but more to do to in Australian workplaces

New report finds the changing nature of work provides new opportunities for workplace gender equality

MEDIA RELEASE: Doing the bare minimum for gender equality doesn’t add up on Equal Pay Day

MEDIA RELEASE: WGEA announces 115 Employers of Choice for Gender Equality

Publishing the gender pay gap should be about more than exposure

MEDIA RELEASE: Greater gender balance across industries key to closing pay gap

BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Insights 2022 has just been released. Find out the key findings in this media release. 

The national gender pay gap is now 14.0%

The new national gender pay gap for the six months to May 2020 is 14.0%. This year, Equal Pay Day will be on 28 August 2020, marking the 59 additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women, on average, must work to earn the same as men earnt that year.

Take the six steps to pay equity

More employers than ever recognise the importance of looking at their own data when seeking to improve gender equality within their four walls. Workplace Gender Equality Agency (‘WGEA’) data showed that in 2018, 40% of organisations conducted a gender pay gap analysis.

[Un]Equal Pay Day: 28 August 2019

To mark this year’s [Un]Equal Pay Day on 28 August 2019, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has calculated the date of each Australian state and territory’s [Un]Equal Pay Day.

Pay gaps and life hacks: 5 ways you can tackle gender inequality

We often hear about the gender pay gap. But is it really as simple as two people working side by side being paid differently?