Company boards will be put on notice over gender pay gaps after laws requiring chief executives to provide reports to their governing bodies about how men are paid compared with women were passed with bipartisan support on Thursday.
In practice, it is envisioned that these reports will be provided to boards for formal discussion to enable consideration of progress towards gender equality goals. Speaking in support of the bill, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the move would put a spotlight on the pay gap between men and women, and the gap between a company’s words and its actions.
The changes will lead to the publication of gender pay gap reports for companies with more than 100 employees and federal agencies. If state governments come on board, this would see around 60 per cent of all employees covered.Gender pay gaps are not a comparison of like roles, but rather show the difference between the average pay of women and men across organisations, industries and the workforce as a whole.
The first gap reports will be published early next year. They will identify the median difference between male and female pay at each organisation and the pay gap at each remuneration quartile.
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