The stats from the latest Gender Equality Agency report are in, and they sadly do not represent both genders equally within Australian workplaces. Reporters from the ABC: Emily Clark and Rhiannon Hobbins, have discussed these statistics at length and explored what needs to be done, in order to improve gender equality in workplaces for the future. A copy of their article is written below:
“A new study has found that women make up just a quarter of those employed in the key management positions of Australian companies.
As well as an under-representation of women in management positions, the findings revealed the average full-time earnings of men were almost 25 per cent more.
One-third of Australia’s workforce was included in the data, with more than 11,000 employers reporting to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) on more than 4 million employees.
WGEA director Helen Conway said the results of the Gender Equality Scorecard were “ground-breaking” and proved gender equality needed to become a priority.
“It doesn’t matter how you look at it, women are at a serious disadvantage when it comes to climbing up the management tree,” she said.
A glass ceiling was evident at the first layer of management where women comprised 39.8 per cent of employees, but the number fell to 31.7 per cent at the next level of management – senior managers.
From the senior management level, female representation steadily declined with women comprising 27.8 per cent of executive and general manager roles in Australia, and 26.1 per cent of key management personnel (KMP) positions.
At the top management level, chief executive, women held 17.3 per cent of positions.
One-third (33.5 per cent) of employers had no KMPs who were women, and 31.3 per cent of organisations had no other executives […]
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