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Resources on Pay Equity
As at August 2008, women's average weekly income was 84% of men's average weekly income*.

The major difference between men's and women's pay cheques is a result of the lesser value placed on the industries and type of work that traditionally attract more women, such as nursing and teaching, and the fact that women continue to be segregated in lower-paid and part-time roles.

EOWA Resources
 

EOWA Pay Equity Tool

EOWA Top Earners Report

External Research and Resources

 

 NZ National Equal Opportunities Network website
(includes a 2009 DVD story on pay equity, 'Fighting for Pay in New Zealand', by the NZ Human Rights Commission.)
Industrial Relations Victoria's 2005 Report, Pay Equity: How to address the gender pay gap
GradStats 2008

Canadian Pay Equity Commission Website
House of Representatives Inquiry into Pay Equity

Case Studies
  Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (WA): A pay equity example
  Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (WA): Developing Pay Equity Strategies


*Average Weekly Earnings, August 2008, ABS Cat. No. 6302.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.


 
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