WA's gender pay chasm - the largest in the country - has narrowed marginally, while progress nationally for women in chief executive roles remains stagnant despite gains in boardroom diversity.
A new national report reveals that gender-balanced leadership can lift company value and retention, but resignations risk reversing progress on workplace equality.
The public sector may be outperforming private organisations when it comes to the gender pay gap, but new data shows women in public service earn around $8,200 less than men each year.
The country's gender pay gap has marginally narrowed but WA has the biggest income disparity out of the states and territories, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency found.
The public reporting of employer-level gender pay gaps by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency heralds a new era of transparency in the relative pay of women and men in Australia.
Companies with 100 or more employees will be required to publish their gender pay gaps as part of the government's effort to improve workplace gender equality.
Western Australia has the largest gender pay gap in the country, with men earning an average $478.10 more per week than women in a state dominated by mining and construction.
The state government is trialling a 12-month pilot that will require suppliers to provide their gender equality credentials as part of the procurement process.
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Research released today by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has found a gender pay gap of $162,000 between Australia's highest paid men and women, but women are progressing into full-time management roles at a faster rate than men.
Top-tier Australian female managers earn $93,000 less than their male counterparts, according to a report released today analysing graduate positions up to senior level management roles.
Western Australian women have gone backwards in terms of the gender pay gap, with full-time workers earning on average 30.9 per cent - or $43,000 a year - less than men.
Not-for-profit group Leadership Western Australia chose the recent NAIDOC week celebrations to launch a new program tailored to building the leadership skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Western Australia's unenviable position as national leader in gender pay gap cannot be explained by the prominence of male-dominated industries, according to new national research.
Alcoa of Australia, Bankwest, Curtin University and Shell Australia have been recognised as the best businesses in Western Australia for implementing gender equality measures.
Two prominent Perth businesswomen have moved on to new government roles, with Heather Zampatti named the new chair for Lotterywest, while Libby Lyons has become a director of the national Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
