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Women earn 78 cents for every $1 men paid on average. (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

More than half of Australian companies have improved their gender pay gap, compared to last year. But for every $1 a man earns, women, on average, still only earn 78 cents.

The gender pay gap is not about "equal pay for equal work", but aims to quantify the difference between the average earnings of women and men in the workforce.

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Anyone can view the gender pay gaps at companies that employ more than 5 million Australian workers, and their plans to reduce the gap.

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[–] Tau@aussie.zone 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The gender pay gap is not about “equal pay for equal work”

Indeed, it seems to be primarily about making rage bait headlines.

Women work less hours on average, with considerably more working part time and those who work full time working less hours than men overall (so less overtime pay). What are you going to do to fix that gap, force women to work more? Between that and less women choosing to work in various higher paid and more physical/dangerous jobs (e.g. trades, mining) it's no wonder there's a difference.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

It's about working out what cultural forces are causing women to work less and helping to equalise those. It's also about how jobs traditionally seen as female-dominated being paid less than male-dominated work. You say

less women choosing to work in various higher paid

I say

Why is the extremely important work of early childcare and teaching not valued as highly as banking or mine working?