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Luke Costin

How asking a recruit's past salary entrenches pay gap

Women in Australia still earn on average $26,393 less than men over the course of a year. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Further entrenching the gender pay gap can be as simple as routinely asking job applicants what they earn at their current job, business leaders have been told.

Winning support from the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, construction firm Lendlease no longer sets salaries based on what a recruit's former employer paid.

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