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She concludes that the gender pay gap in both sectors was a result of differences in returns to the same characteristics between men and women. [27] In November 2024, a government report revealed that Australia's gender pay gap narrowed marginally to 21.8%, a 0.6 percentage point improvement from the previous year.
While the data has been anonymised for release for over 10 years, on 27 February 2024 the first report openly listing the gender pay gap of nearly 5000 Australian public sector employers and businesses was released. [9] It revealed many of the companies and brands that are popular in Australia have substantial gender pay gaps. [10]
Between 1990 and 2009, the gender pay gap remained within a narrow range of between 15 and 17%. [9] In November 2017, the Australian gender pay gap was 15.3%. [10] In 2018, it was reported that Australia’s full-time gender pay gap was 14.6% and women earnt on average A$244.80 per week less than men. [6]
Despite progress made over the years, the gender pay gap still exists across all racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.. According to a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research ...
CEW also analyses data created by the federal government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) each year, and makes submissions to parliament on the gender pay gap and related issues. [ 18 ] In recent years it has put the spotlight on the untapped resources in migrant women, calling on leaders to examine their organisations' cultural and ...
According to Serge Desmarais and James Curtis, the "gender gap in pay …is related to gender differences in perceptions of pay entitlement." [164] Similarly, Major et al. argue that gender differences in pay expectations play a role in perpetuating non-performance related pay differences between women and men. [165]
Equal Pay Day flag flying on March 21, 2014 in Alsbach, Germany . Equal Pay Day is the symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap.In the United States, this date symbolizes how far into the year the average median woman must work (in addition to their earnings last year) in order to have earned what the average median man had earned the entire previous year.
In October 2015 [citation needed] Lyons was appointed director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. In this position, she advocated to close the gender pay gap and break down occupational gender segregation in Australia. [5] [6] She is a strong advocate for ensuring flexible work practices are normalised for men, as well as women. [7]