What we’ve learnt about firms’ gender pay gaps this week

Earlier this week, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) released its second annual breakdown of gender pay gaps in large Australian businesses. Here, Lawyers Weekly dives into the law firm data and what it says about where the profession is at in tackling salary inequity. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Lawyers Weekly senior reporter Naomi Neilson to discuss the brand’s coverage of the WGEA data release, the key takeaways pertaining to BigLaw firms in Australia, the broad differences in performance between firms, and how the legal profession is faring relative to other sectors.

Doraisamy and Neilson also discuss flaws in the WGEA methodology as it pertains to the inclusion of partnership salaries, how individual practitioners can and may interpret the latest data, why the profession must remember that achieving pay parity is a long-term project, overcoming self- and societal stigmas, and why Lawyers Weekly will be keeping a close eye on future senior appointments in firms, and how those firms respond to the global pushback against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

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