Australian companies that underpay female employees will no longer be able to hide.
The government passed its workplace gender equality bill through the Senate on Thursday, requiring companies with 100 or more employees to publish the incomes of their workers from early next year.
Organisations are being told to prepare to have their gender pay gaps published by workplace gender equality advocates or risk reputational harm.
“Don’t wait to be named and shamed,” Science in Australia gender equity chief Dr Janin Bredehoeft said.
“Use the next 12 months to review and improve.”
Australian women who work full-time earn $253.30 less a week than their male counterparts, a gap of almost 15 percent….