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Major employers face new rules on gender equality

Companies with 500 or more employees have new requirements to set, report on and meet gender equality targets in an effort to make workplaces more equitable.

AAP · Mar 31

Australia’s gender pay gap is narrowing – and the public spotlight seems to be helping

Since 2024, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has been publishing the gender pay gaps of Australia’s largest companies. Now, we have enough data to make some meaningful comparisons – and this public spotlight seems to be paying off.

The Conversation · Mar 2

Men almost twice as likely as women to earn high salaries in ‘reality check’ on Australia’s gender pay gap

Workplace Gender Equality Agency report shows a slight increase in number of women in highly paid roles, which are still dominated by men

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2

Australia’s gender pay gap explorer 2025: where does your workplace rank?

Search the data to find the gender pay gap for any employer in Australia with more than 100 employees

The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2025

Bosses urged to stay flexible as gender pay gap narrows

The gender pay gap is steadily closing amid warnings revoking work from home flexibility will impact women's ability to earn more.

AAP · Mar 3, 2025

Australian women earn nearly $30,000 less than men a year, the government’s latest pay gap report finds

Across the country, 72.2% of 5,347 employers have a gender pay gap that favours men, Workplace Gender Equality Agency finds

The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2025

Cultural change needed with gender equality law reform

The federal government is considering legal reforms to require businesses to set and meet gender equality targets, with penalties for non-compliance.

AAP · Jan 21, 2025

Australia’s gender pay gap has hit a record low – but we still have work to do

Australia’s gender pay gap – a key measure of economic inequality between men and women – has fallen to a record low of 11.5%.

The Conversation · Aug 19, 2024

Some people are desperately averse to hard data – the gender pay gap is no exception

The first gender pay gap report dropped and screaming gender conniptions from people heavily invested in reductive stereotypes of women appeared shortly thereafter

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2024

‘We’ve seen the culture change’: how one Australian work site increased its female workforce fivefold

Kimberly-Clark’s toilet paper mill was looking down the barrel of a 100% male workforce when they decided to shake up their strategy – and culture

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2024