Closing the Gender Pay Gap
This week the Property Council hosted the event ‘Closing the Gender Pay Gap’ which provided a robust discussion on the challenges and opportunities in achieving equal pay for equal work.
The event was based from the recently released Property Council report ‘Male Champions of Change Coalition’ which offers a step-by-step guide for business to use to ensure equal pay for equal work, drawn from strategies and tips developed by some of Australia’s top businesses over recent years.
Speaking at the Closing the Gender Pay Gap industry seminar, Joneen Scott, Senior Manager, People Advisory Services at Ernst and Young said:
“The national gender pay gap is currently 16.2%, and has hovered between 15% and 19% for the past two years. In every single industry in Australia, there is a pay gap favouring men,”
“Employers must step up and play their part. All leaders have the power to analyse their data and take action on pay gaps within their organisations,” Joneen said.
The panel was quizzed on their organisations business strategies and initiatives to ensure pay equity. The event provided an opportunity for industry to hear directly from professionals who are targeting the issue.
Included in the panel discussion was Joneen Scott, Senior Manager, People Advisory Services at Ernst & Young, President of the Property Council WA, Tanya Trevisan, Development Director WA of Lendlease, David Ockenden, Project Director/Regional General Manager of WA, Cliff Winby and Principal of Wood & Grieve Engineers WA, Shelley Phllipson.
Closing the Gender Pay Gap report explains the various ways in which gender pay gaps can emerge and identifies the workplace conventions and fallacies that fuel them. It provides methodologies for assessing and ensuring equity through different remuneration types – fixed, variable, total and benefits – and other pay-related mechanisms such as commissions, location loading, non-monetary opportunities and benefits, and flexible working.
The Closing the Gender Pay Gap report and resources within was developed from, and builds upon, work and leadership undertaken by the Property Male Champions of Change with support from Ernst and Young. The event was supported and sponsored by Savills and Ernst and Young.
To view to report click here