Workplace gender equality is improving in Australia but more action is needed to ensure momentum for change keeps growing, a new report has found.
A biennial progress report released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency showed while Australia’s world-leading workplace reporting program had made a difference, progress on equality had stalled over the past two years.
For the first time, there was no reduction in the gender pay gap which remained at 22.8 percent.
The report also found in the construction and real estate industries, the gender pay gap had increased since 2013/14.
Agency director Mary Wooldridge said while laws allowed for the development of Australia’s innovative gender equality dataset, the slowing pace of change showed a new approach was needed….