Comments on: The University of Melbourne’s gender blindspot http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/the-university-of-melbournes-gender-blindspot/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan Maddox http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/the-university-of-melbournes-gender-blindspot/#comment-33211 Jonathan Maddox Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:52:27 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/the-university-of-melbournes-gender-blindspot/#comment-33211 A more likely cause of inequality than bonuses, is the increasing casualisation of junior academic staff. The University may well be giving more hours to its male casuals than to female ones, even where both are employed at the same hourly rate and at the same nominal level of seniority. If this is the case, the resulting employment insecurity for untenured junior female staff would be something the university would do well to acknowledge and address, rather than attempt to sweep under the carpet. A more likely cause of inequality than bonuses, is the increasing casualisation of junior academic staff.

The University may well be giving more hours to its male casuals than to female ones, even where both are employed at the same hourly rate and at the same nominal level of seniority.

If this is the case, the resulting employment insecurity for untenured junior female staff would be something the university would do well to acknowledge and address, rather than attempt to sweep under the carpet.

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