{"id":15788,"date":"2024-03-05T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=15788"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:19:51","slug":"report-card-gender-pay-gap-is-aussie-forests-wake-up-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/report-card-gender-pay-gap-is-aussie-forests-wake-up-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Card: Gender Pay Gap is Aussie Forests’ Wake-Up Call!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’d have to be in a cave not to be aware that the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)<\/a> published last week, which outlined the gender pay gap in Australia for companies with over 100 employees and, for the first time, with access to review specific company results in the annual survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mainstream media were quick to focus on the recalcitrant companies who had gender pay gaps of 30% plus and did not pay so much attention to those companies doing it well. What is the gender pay gap, though, and how does our industry compare to the average and other “competing” sectors?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency is an Australian Government statutory agency created by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012<\/a>. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Transparency and accountability are critical for driving change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By shining a light on gender pay gaps at an employer level, we are arming individuals and organisations with the evidence they need to take meaningful action to accelerate closing the gender pay gap in Australian workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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