Construction companies are rolling out shorter working weeks, superannuation on unpaid leave and a zero gender pay gap in a bid to boost the number of women in the industry.
, superannuation on unpaid leave and targeting a zero gender pay gap in a bid to boost the number of women in the industry.to triple the number of women working in the construction industry.
and is the fifth most gender-segregated industry, data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows.Construction company Icon will announce this week it will begin offering a five-day working week on all new projects, rather than the standard six-day week. “We’ve definitely increased the numbers of women, which is just fantastic, and I’ve noticed the industry changing for better as well. It’s much more acceptable to see women on construction sites [now],” she said.
“It is challenging, and I won’t pretend at all that we’ve cracked that one, but we’re having an open conversation around how we can work differently. We’re very focused on reviewing promotions and turnover data.”, which has achieved a zero gender pay gap for the past six years, offers 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary carers and four weeks for secondary carers, and paid super on all unpaid leave.“If you take your eye off that ball, it quickly creeps back in,” she said.
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