Gender Pay Gaps to Be Exposed at Australian Companies

Australia’s biggest employers will be named and shamed when their gender pay gaps are laid bare. In February, Australian companies with 100 or more workers will have their pay discrepancies between male and female employees published online. This comes after the federal government passed legislation in March with the hopes of improving transparency, closing the gender pay gap and bolstering women’s participation in the workforce. Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, said this reform was a major advance. “Publishing gender pay gaps is an important step in raising awareness, and holding organisations to account where there is a gender pay gap across their organisation—and that’s a big change,” she said....