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New data showing three in five employers now offer paid parental leave, marks a significant milestone in supporting new parents at work.

Without demonstrable leadership in the form of action and legislative reform the cycle of workplace inequality will continue.

So will companies be listening? As the world adjusts to a COVID-19 economy? We only hope so. Diversity in decision making matters.

The latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency scorecard paints a bleak assessment, Valeria Ignatieva from WORK180, says there’s a slightly different picture.

‘Disappointing’ is the way the WGEA director Libby Lyons describes the results from Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard.

Targets for flexible work as well as other opportunities to help dads balance caring responsibilities with work could be a game changer

Many in gender equality circles are fond of the maxim that “what gets measured gets managed” but Kristine Ziwica is she’s having a crisis of faith.

The highest paid men in Australia earn at least $162,000 more than the highest paid women: a new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre & WGEA

WGEA has today announced 141 organisations on its 2018/19 Employers of Choice for Gender Equality, recognised for their commitment to promote equality.

In Senate Estimates on Monday 18th of February 2019 it was confirmed by the office for women that Scott Morrison has never met with them.

Fear is holding back gender diversity in the workplace, according to Libby Lyons, Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. 

A report released by Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and WGEA shows the pay gap in Australia means women managers earn $93,000 less than male managers.