For everyone

In the lead-up to the announcement of the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Order of Australia awards, community organisation Honour a Woman and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency are highlighting the current gender inequalities in the awards system and asking all Australians to nominate more women for awards.

Workplace Gender Equality Agency Director Libby Lyons has once again been included in Apolitical’s internationally-renowned list of the top gender equality policy influencers from around the world.

At Diageo, from 1 July 2019 all Australian employees will be eligible to take 26 weeks paid family leave regardless of gender, carer status or length of service.

Flexible work is good for business and good for employees. The evidence is clear. To celebrate 22 May, Flexible Working Day, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (‘WGEA’) is asking all organisations to think about how they could become a little ‘flexier’.

ANZAC Day is our national day of reflection and commemoration. We remember the brave men and women who served on battlefields and in peacekeeping missions around the world.

In the last ten years, gender equality has become a growing priority for businesses and government across the globe. The maxim ‘what gets measured gets managed’ is truly accepted now.

A new study out of the US found that numerical rating tools are far from impartial when it comes to measuring the performance of an employee.

Unfortunately, this year we have witnessed too many stories about high profile women being harassed online as they strive for success in their careers. 

The highest paid men in Australia are being paid at least $162,000 more than the highest paid women, but women could be on par with men in most management roles within the next two decades, our latest Gender Equity Insights report shows.

International Women’s Day 2019 was a day full of insightful discussions about the status of equality for women in Australia. With all the IWD festivities, it is easy to miss something.