It will be 40 years in December since the incoming Whitlam government asked the Arbitration Commission to reopen the equal pay case.
Equal pay
Gender parity an electoral albatross around the ALP’s neck
As long as the participation of women lurks below 50%, prospects of reform or reinvention in the Australian Labor Party are limited, writes Tanja Kovac.
Cox: wheels slowly in motion for equal pay for women
Even if a rise is granted, it will be phased in over six years and not apparently starting until December next year. While this seems reasonable, the slowness again exploits the goodwill of a sector of powerless workers.
Cox: why is equal pay so difficult to achieve?
As many women’s groups gear up for the annual unequal payday commiseration, more statistics emerge that suggest the gap may be going backwards, or, at best, is stuck.
Cox: PM’s macho social agenda has balls but no heart
The whole Women’s Budget statement is a paean of praise for the virtues of hard work and economic participation, like so much of the rest of the budget
Push for higher super contributions using women as stalking horse
Look carefully at who is pushing for the rise in super contributions to 12%. The clear beneficiaries will be the finance industry, union funds and high income males.
Cox: a centenary of continuous struggle for women
Women still have a long way to go for equality and we need to get moving because there are serious issues that cannot be solved by economic modelling of independent self-interested masculinity equations.
Cox: major parties show their limits on women’s issues
It seems neither major party leader put a sufficient priority on the WEL NSW event to give them something new to announce.
What employees earn
According to an ABS survey from May 2010, the average weekly total cash earnings were $1,010.30 for all employees, $1,192.10 for male employees and $827.70 for female employees. The breakdown between different occupations is particularly enlightening, reports Richard Farmer.
Cox: being a stamp is OK, but I’m still pushing the envelope
What does it feel like being a postage stamp? Odd, writes Eva Cox, who “accepted on behalf of the stirrers and advocates”. Even if she has to put up with the jokes about people licking her backside.
You know what women want?
Women want an end to stupid articles about what women want, writes Kim Powell the news with nipples blog site.
To whom it may concern: Community sector workers asked to trade pay for budget bottom-line
Enough is enough. Australian workers should not be asked to sacrifice their livelihoods for the social good, write Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service and Marilyn Forsythe, Business and Professional Women Australia.
Equal pay sacrificed for the sake of the budget surplus
Equal opportunity as a policy change process doesn’t work if the failed equal-pay commitments of our first female PM are an indicator.
Underpaid and undervalued: a woman’s work is never done
The problem is that despite nearly 40 years of equal pay legality, there is still evidence that the valuing of jobs is inequitable because there are still gender prejudices operating.
“Writing is what the men do”: sexism in journalism
It’s been forty years since a landmark gender discrimination case against NEWSWEEK magazine by its employees. So, how much has changed for women? asks current NEWSWEEK journos.
The Coalition doesn’t care about working women
Abbott’s paid parental leave plan may be aimed at winning over women voters, but really it just entrenches existing inequalities for working women. Plus, the Libs don’t care about equal pay, writes Mark Bahnisch.
If Abbott wants to woo women, he should start with wages
While the debate has this week returned to maternity pay for working women, the issue of equal pay standards remains. Progress on women’s pay has been stalled for 30 years, writes Eloise Keating.
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The CEO gender gap
CXO visualises the number of female CEOs by industry and at the top of Fortune 500 companies. It’s not an encouraging picture: women may make up 40% of the global workforce, but equality is still a long way off.
Why is Australia ranked 20th in the world for equal pay?
All the talk of work/life balance for women is simply a sweetener because they aren’t being paid equally, writes Leon Gettler. It’s not just women, men who refuse to play the ‘boys club’ mentality are also loosing out on pay.
The wage gap: we’re stuck in the dark ages
New research has found a gender-wealth gap still persists in Australia — irrespective of what work is done, or the industry of employment, writes Jo-anne Schofield.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Abortion in QLD and equal pay for women
Crikey readers weigh in on the decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland, equal pay for women and anti-discrimination in religious organisations.
No gender equality (or world peace) for Miss Universe
The problem with beauty pageants isn’t the bikinis, it’s that women who pay lip service to the gender equality myth are rewarded. It is dangerous to say women have achieved gender equality, writes Nina Funnell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Tax and the family home
Crikey readers weigh in on tax and the family home, the idea of community-funded reporting and the continual fight for equal pay for women.
Much work to do to close the gap on women’s pay
Why is there such a significant pay gap between men and women, considering women are now better educated, more likely to be in paid work and there are measures in place supposedly to deal with prejudice?
