This fact sheet outlines: workforce participation by gender, full time/part time status and industry; working patterns and average weekly hours. Image: Flickr / The Library of Congress

Gender pay gap short-changes women $250.50 a week Australian women, on average, earn 17.4% less than men The gender pay gap has remained almost unchanged in two decades Western Australia has the widest pay gap of 25.8% Australia's working women earn 17.4% less than their male colleagues, based on new ABS data. The Equal Opportunity...

Australia has a strong interest in seeing workplace arrangements that facilitate the reconciliation of work with the rest of life including family life, resulting in productive and sustainable workplaces. This publication seeks to provide some practical examples of strategies that are being used by organisations to design and implement better work and life arrangements, by...

Over 2,300 reporting organisations participated in the 2009 survey representing more than one million female employees. This report is the second in a suite of EOWA surveys examining gender issues in the workplace. An Australian Government Agency, the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) consults with Australian employers annually regarding their equal...

This presentation examines the declared Top Earners of Specified Executives of the 180 ASX200 companies. It explores how gender interacts with this most senior level status. Key findings Women hold only 7% of Top Earner positions in the ASX200. The overall median pay for women is 58% of the overall median pay for men. Female...