Closing Australia’s Gender Pay Gap Will Take a Rethink of Senior Roles, Agency Says
- Only 7% of managerial roles are part-time, WGEA says
- Gender inequality in unpaid household labor adds to pay gap
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Australian employers need to rethink what it takes to be a senior leader in order to elevate more women and close the gender pay gap, according to the head of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Increased flexibility such as job-sharing and part-time management roles are essential to get more women into the top ranks, Mary Wooldridge, the agency’s chief executive officer, said in a speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday.