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Women In Management Positions Paid 28% Less Than Male Peers

Women In Management Positions Paid 28% Less Than Male Peers
Women In Management Positions Paid 28% Less Than Male Peers

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Damning new research by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has revealed that one of third of companies have no women in key management positions, and those that do are paying those women 28.9 per cent less than their male peers.

The inequity is greatest in the higher echelons of business, with a 27.5 per cent difference in salary between men and women at general manager level.

The bad new doesn’t stop here. There is a 44 per cent pay gap for key management personnel in the administrative industries and a 35 per cent discrepancy between earnings for male and female top-level managers in the arts.

“The data clearly shows women in management aren’t accessing the same earning opportunities as men,” Helen Conway, Director of the WGEA said in a statement.

“Employers who are committed to creating equal access to opportunities for women and men need to work harder to remove barriers that inhibit women from entering these higher paying roles,” Conway said.

“A lack of quality flexible work, the legacy of workplace cultures built on the male breadwinner model and gender bias are likely to be among the barriers that need to be tackled.”

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