G'day folks. It's #EqualPayDay, which marks the additional days from the end of the last financial year that women must work to earn the same amount as men. Here are some #GenderPayGap facts. The national pay gap is currently 14.2% according to @WGEAgency 1/
No. The #GenderPayGap does not measure the gap between a man and a woman doing the same job. It is the average weekly earnings gap between women and men who work full time -- so while women working full-time are earning on average $1,575.50, men are pulling down $1,837.00. 2/
Why's that? Because the jobs that women mostly do earn less, on average -- think nursing, teaching, early childhood education. Because of bias and discrimination and bias in hiring and pay decisions, and because women do more unpaid labour at home, slowing down their careers. 3/
To close the #GenderPayGap weed to rethink how we value and reward these 'feminised' occupations and industries - which are truly essential to a functioning society - and provide more high-quality, flexible jobs for to enable both men and women to care for kids. 4/
We also need to hold our lawmakers and employers to account. Sunshine is a great cleanser. That's why today, every Australian should be asking #WhatsYourPayGap in their workplaces and industries.5/ wgea.gov.au/newsroom/equal…
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