The gender pay gap at companies covering more than 5 million Australian workers has been revealed for the first time. Some of the biggest and most famous brands in the nation are revealed to have substantial gaps, some paying women, on average, less than 50 cents of what a man in the company earns.In many companies women dominate the lower-paid service jobs facing the public, such as retail assistants, flight attendants or hospitality workers, making change to the gender pay gap slow.
In the UK the publication of this data made the gap smaller. The difference between what men and women are paid at the biggest employers in Australia has been revealed for the first time: from brewers and builders to banks and bakers. Data divulged under new laws show massive gender pay gaps at some of our most well-known businesses, including many where women are their key customers. At brewer Lion, maker of XXXX, Tooheys and Four Pillars gin, the median base pay gender gap is just 1.4 per cent. It's higher (