Equal Pay
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An equal pay policy can be a competitive advantage, but how do you put one in place?
Nearly seventy years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated that ‘everyone has the right to equal pay for equal work’, there was still a huge difference between what men and women earn.Between 2014 and 2017, the OECD found gender pay gaps of nearly 10% in France (meaning that women earned just over 90% of a man’s wage), 11.5% in Spain, 12% in Australia, 14% in The Netherlands, 16% in the UK and Germany,18% in Canada and the U.S., 24.5% in Japan and…
Posted by: The ADP Team 17 Dec 2019 | 0 Comments
What Finance Leaders Need to Know About Pay Transparency
Pay transparency is a terrifying concept for some leaders. They immediately imagine open pay discussions, rioting employees and a variety of chaos. Yet the idea of pay transparency doesn’t have to cause fear or concern. Transparency as a business philosophy and approach to compensation can mean different things for different organizations.There are critical factors that business leaders must understand about compensation transparency and the impact it has on the employee population. Finance leaders in particular must understand three concepts: how…
Posted by: The ADP Team 19 Sep 2019 | 0 Comments
Advocating for Gender Equality in the Workplace
Men can advocate for gender equality in the workplace, but success depends on getting past traditional vagaries and moving toward specific programs designed not only to attract but also retain women. Gender equality in the workplace is essential to building a competitive organisation that recruits and retains the best talent. However, bringing about change is often easier said than done. According to Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner for Australia, making significant progress on gender diversity in the workplace is unlikely…
Posted by: 23 Aug 2018 | 0 Comments
Closing the Gender Gap: 2 Steps to Get You Started
While social media and news coverage may make it seem as though the gender gap is a recent phenomenon, it really isn't. Australia passed “equal pay for equal work” laws in 1969. The late Chinese leader chairman Mao Zedong strongly advocated equal pay for both genders, almost half a century ago. The issue of the gender pay gap is far more complex than enforcing businesses to pay exactly the same wage for the exact same work. In Australia, it’s not…
Posted by: 16 Aug 2018 | 0 Comments