13 May 2008
Gender pay gap
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A current global study of 63 nations and a government annual report have produced the same results: women are still earning up to one third less than men. Is wage equity achievable or are the different social and family demands on women preventing it?
And what is the government's responsibility? Today's Budget may include plans to means test the baby bonus, reducing the extra pay for many families, and Australia is one of very few developed countries without paid maternity leave.
Should the government make up for women's shortfall in pay when they take on family and child-raising duties?
Guests
Tanya Plibersek - Minister for Status of Women
Professor Paul Miller - UWA Business School
Alison Preston - Curtin Business School
Garry Brack - Chief Executive Employers First
Leanne Griffiths, Advisory Board Member - Communications, Australian Businesswomen's Network
Further Information
Curtin Business School, Women in Social & Economic Research
Link to presentation of Australian Institute for Family Studies on "Wellbeing of working mothers"
Link to presentation of ANU "Can we make jobs really family-friendly"
Link to National Foundation for Australian Women
Link to statistics on wage equity, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workforce Agency
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Karin Zsivanovits
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