Gender pay gap having 'strong effect' on women's lives in the Hunter

Most Australian employers pay men more than women. Image by ACM

The chair of the Hunter Workers women's committee says the gender pay gap is having a long-term material effect on women's lives.

The Newcastle Herald reported yesterday that some of the Hunter's biggest private employers recorded gender pay gaps above 30 per cent in a landmark report on the difference in men's and women's pay packets.