The Gender Pay Gap… and how Superannuation can help (Agenda 2018)

Talk of the gender pay gap continues (ad infinitum). It has just been announced it is the lowest in 20 years. Still, it is almost 50 years since the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission ruled on historic equal pay cases which would supposedly fix the gender pay gap.
In higher education, it’s not ‘simply’ a matter of running an equal pay case based on work value. In our sector, the pay gap is more likely caused by differences in bonuses and loadings paid to men and women in the same roles, by the prevalence of insecure employment and by career breaks which stall women’s earnings and superannuation contributions. More...