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Gender pay equity is a serious issue for business and action needs to be
taken to eliminate this discrimination. Pay equity is commonly defined as 'equal remuneration for work of equal
or comparable value'.
The gender pay gap is measured as the difference between male and female
earnings expressed as a percentage of male earnings1.
ABS statistics released in May 2012 show that across Australia, women's
average full-time weekly earnings are now 17.4% less than men's earnings2.
EOWA Resources on Pay Equity and the
Gender Pay Gap
EOWA is committed to supporting businesses and organisations address pay
equity issues. Through the website, EOWA seeks to provide a number of
practical resources, tools and useful information on gender pay equity
issues, including:
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Mind the Gap:
Gender Pay Equity Online Course
A
new online course on gender pay equity specifically designed to
explain pay equity concepts, terms and issues, outline Australia's
pay equity history and show how to "equality-proof" the range of
human resources policies, processes, practices and procedures that
might unintentionally incorporate gender bias or lead to gender pay
disparity outcomes.
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Pay Equity Audit Tool
A payroll analysis tool to enable organisations to analyse whether
there are gender-based differences in payment levels for jobs of
comparable value. This analytical process enables an individual
organisation to pinpoint the remuneration levels and pay components
in which gender-based pay gaps or disparities might occur.
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Standard on Gender Inclusive
Job Evaluation
and Grading
EOWA, in conjunction with Standards Australia and workplace
stakeholders has developed an Australian Standard on
Gender-Inclusive Job Evaluation and Grading (AS 5376-2012) so
organisations can minimise gender bias in how jobs are described,
evaluated and graded and check their systems and practices for
gender bias.
The Standard is available for purchase from SaiGlobal.
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Authoritative
Research and Information Resources
Information and research reports on how EOWA reporting
organisations have analysed and addressed pay equity issues, as well
as relevant factsheets, statistics, surveys, reports and updates
issued by other government and public and private sector sources in
Australia and overseas and available on the
Pay Equity
Information page.
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Case Studies
A series of case studies of organisations that have analysed and
addressed their pay equity issues, including looking at the business
drivers and benefits in actively addressing workplace pay
page equity.
Coming Soon...
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Guide to the
Australian Standard on Gender Inclusive Job Evaluation
EOWA is developing a
Guide
to the Australian Standard on Gender Inclusive Job Evaluation and
Remuneration.
The
Guide will show examples of how the requirements of the Standard can
be met, based on experience in specific de-identified job evaluation
and grading projects.
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Payroll Analysis
Tool
An updated Payroll Analysis Tool will be available by late May
2012, that will help organisations to identify
their gender pay gaps.
Other EOWA
Initiatives:
A project to explore the potential for promoting
more gender - inclusive ways of defining, classifying and grading
jobs.
Advice
EOWA advises reporting organisations on pay equity issues and
resources they can use to tackle them.
Looking for a pay equity consultant?
The following consultants have completed the EOWA Pay Equity Workshop
and can assist organisations in undertaking pay equity reviews,
including the use of the EOWA Pay Equity Tools.
This listing is not an accreditation or recommendation by EOWA.
Organisations engaging consultants are responsible for undertaking their
own due diligence on the expertise of the consultants.
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1 OECD, Family database: Definitions and methodology,
available at:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/29/63/38752746.pdf
2 ABS, Category 6302.0, Average Weekly Earnings - Trend,
February 2012 (released 17.05.12) available at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/
7F76D15354BB25D5CA2575BC001D5866?OpenDocument
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