Gender Discrimination In The Workplace Australia
Workplace gender equality agency gender pay gap statistics february 2018 p 1.
Gender discrimination in the workplace australia. Under the sex discrimination act 1984 and the fair work act 2009 an employee cannot be treated unfairly due to pregnancy. The full time average weekly ordinary earnings 6 for women are 14 0 less than for men 7. The study conducted for the diversity council of australia dca and the workplace gender equality agency wgea said the gender pay gap is the equivalent of 445 million a week or 23 billion a. Australia along with many countries worldwide has made significant progress towards gender equality in recent decades particularly in education health and female workforce participation.
Workplace gender equality is achieved when people are able to access and enjoy the same rewards resources and opportunities regardless of gender. This behavior is a civil rights violation and it s illegal in the workplace when it affects the terms or conditions of a person s employment. We re inclined to think that women won t be able to handle their management duties instead of creating a work life balanced environment for all employees or instead of building up those necessary leadership skills among our high potential staff regardless their gender. There are a range of anti discrimination laws and you may prefer to raise your concerns with the australian human rights commission on 1300 369 711 or your relevant state or territory anti discrimination body.
According to the australian human rights commission the average full time weekly wage for a woman is more than 15 percent less than a man s full time pay that means that on average australian women have to work an extra 56 days. Australian bureau of statistics 2071 0 census of population and housing. Gender discrimination sometimes referred to as sex based discrimination or sexual discrimination is the unequal treatment of someone based on that person s sex. Sex discrimination pdf sex discrimination word the sex discrimination act 1984 sda makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person because of their sex gender identity intersex status sexual orientation marital or relationship status family responsibilities because they are pregnant or might become pregnant or because they are breastfeeding.
Australian bureau of statistics 6202 0 labour force australia table 01. Labour force status by sex december 2017. In reality many australian working women are financially disadvantaged when taking parental leave. Reflecting australia stories from the census 2016 snapshot of australia june 2017.