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Nobel prize in economics: Claudia Goldin's work is a goldmine for understanding the gender pay gap and women's empowerment

Women stirred up a “quiet revolution” in the labour market, according to Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She is the 2023 winner of the Nobel prize in economics for her analysis of gender differences in the labour market, particularly the persistent problem of the…

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The women who earn more than their partners: ‘I’m with someone who is threatened by me’

In Netflix’s Fair Play, a couple crumbles when the woman is promoted, an experience many can relate to as the gender pay gap tightens

The Guardian - US

Wide disparity in gender pay gap across businesses

Australia has made steady progress on closing the gender pay gap but it has started to stall, with some businesses taking leaps and others doing the minimum.

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‘They were earning £10,000 more than me!’ What happens when colleagues come clean about pay

Most employees don’t like to talk about how much they earn. Many are simply afraid to. But breaking that taboo can transform life – especially for women and people of colour

The Guardian - UK

What Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence And 5 Other Actresses Have Said About The Pay Gap

Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence and more actresses have stood up and said something about the gender pay gap in Hollywood.

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Labor rejects ban on native forest logging as PM accuses Greens of hypocrisy on housing

National conference outlines plans for energy transition, making early childhood education universal and closing gender pay gap

The Guardian - AU

Davina McCall praises Jonathan Ross for sharing his salary details to protect her from gender pay gap

Both presenters are judges on ‘The Masked Singer’

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BBC gender pay gap widens, annual report shows

The corporation said the median pay gap rose from 5.9% to 7.3% due to an investment in technology and product areas, which are male dominated.

The Independent UK

Hull firm named by equalities watchdog for gender pay gap data failure

SGS Packaging Europe one of eight on the list as Equality and Human Rights Commission ramps up action

Birmingham Post

Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

The gender pay gap in the commonwealth public service is half that for the private sector, a snapshot released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows.

AAP

Gender pay gap starts straight away for lawyers

Most young lawyers hitting a six-figure salary early in their career are men and the gender pay gap persists across all ages, a survey of NSW solicitors says.

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Yes, Australia’s gender pay gap is closing. But today’s working women will retire before it is fixed

The latest Australian Taxation Office figures show progress is being made in some professions, but the overall equality picture is still grim

The Guardian - AU

Matched KiwiSaver pledge an important step forward for gender pay gap

It will take more than a policy increasing the retirement savings of women on parental leave to properly tackle gender gaps, but it's a start

Newsroom.co.nz

Ministers urged to extend paid paternity leave to six weeks and cut gender pay gap

Researchers found that countries with more than six weeks of paid paternity leave have a 4.0% smaller gender wage gap

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Businessweek

Closing the Gender Pay Gap Requires Teeth, Not Just Transparency

Forcing companies to publicize data on salaries is just the first step.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne bookstore accuses employee of breaking ‘confidentiality’ by discussing pay rise

Worker launches court action over termination from Hill of Content, after also being accused of upsetting colleague and reducing her shifts

The Independent UK

Closing gender pay gap will boost growth, Labour says

Opposition says economy needs to ‘work for working women’ if they are to return to employment

The Guardian - UK

Gender pay gap for women in their 50s won’t close before 2050, claims Labour

‘Equal pay generation’ of female workers abandoned by Tories, says Anneliese Dodds, who commissioned research

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The Conversation

Gender pay gap: how new EU pay transparency laws will make men and women's wages more equal

Even though 90% of Europeans think it’s unacceptable for women to be paid less than men, the average EU gender pay gap remained close to 13% in 2021. And there has been only a 4 percentage point decrease over the previous decade. This is despite the EU encouraging member states…

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Gender pay gap data of large Australian businesses to be published

An embarrassing day is coming for Australian businesses that have a large gender pay gap, with the data from individual organisations to be made public.

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Government Seeks Ban on Salary History in Federal Interviews

The Government has proposed a ban on salary history questions in federal job interviews, in an effort to close the gender pay gap.

The New Daily

The Stats Guy: No denying gender earnings gap, but it’s narrowing faster than you think

The gender pay gap and gender income gap often get mixed up. Fixing one requires different solutions than fixing the other.

ABC News

A new study on masks is being used to claim they are harmful to human health. But experts say the proof isn't there

A recently released study has been circulating online, which some are using to claim as proof masks are harmful to humans. What do the experts say?

ABC News

Peter Dutton says the gender pay gap was 17.4 per cent under Labor and fell to 13.8 per cent under the Coalition. Is that correct?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the gender pay gap under Labor was 17.4 per cent and fell to 13.8 per cent under the Coalition. RMIT ABC Fact Check looks at the numbers.

The Independent UK

Women continue to be paid less in mental healthcare jobs, study shows

Research for the Royal College of Psychiatrists showed women were being paid 6% less than their male colleagues.

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