434 Equal Pay Day and unpacking the gender pay gap with WGEA director Mary Wooldridge

The 31 August 2021 marks Equal Pay Day. Joining Glen for this chat is Shelley Johnson who co-hosts my millennial career, and Workplace Gender Equality Agency director, Mary Wooldridge, as they discuss the gender pay gap, the data around it and what individuals and businesses can do to bring about change. They touch on:

👉🏽what Equal Pay Day aims to highlight and (what it doesn't)

👉🏻some of the ABS data around the gender pay gap and some of the key contributors to the gap

👉Shell, Mary and Glen's anecdotal experiences of the issue

👉🏿how increased acceptance of flexible working in recent times might see more positive outcomes in the future

👉🏾stats around the gender pay gap for women in leadership

👉a few thoughtful ways that some employers are addressing barriers to equal pay

👉🏽what employees can do to help bring change in their workplace

👉🏿the work that still needs to be done to improve reporting (including for small business) and transparency

👉🏻what people can do if they’re navigating gender bias when asking (or thinking of asking) for a pay rise

👉🏼some of the juicy comments and questions from the m3 community

👉🏽what WGEA sees as the key objective they are working towards in closing the gap

#WhatsYourPayGap? If you work in an a non-public sector organisation with 100 employees or more you can check if your employer has done a pay gap audit: https://data.wgea.gov.au/home

Learn more about the work that WGEA does: https://www.wgea.gov.au

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