The Albanese government is planning to overhaul the country's Fair Work Act to make 'pay equality' a specific objective by the end of the year. 9News
government is planning to overhaul the country's Fair Work Act to make "pay equality" a specific objective by the end of the year.
The legislative reform would make it easier to order wage increases in low-paid female-dominated industries like aged care and early childhood education.the changes would ensure the Fair Work Commission takes into account the difference between men's and women's pay when considering rules on the rate of pay.Not only would it change how the nation's independent wage umpire would decide on pay, but it would also force employers to be more transparent.
The reform would force companies with more than 250 employees to publicly report their gender pay gap. "There are also decisions that we can make like at the moment in a lot of jobs, there could be contracts where you're not allowed to tell your other worker what's you're earning," he said."We want to get rid of those clauses."Employee and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke speaks about the government plans to reform the gender pay gap.
"If you want to get wages moving and we do want to get wages moving and we do want to get wages moving, closing that gap between men and women is really important," he said."You need to remember though for every business, if you get wages moving across the country, yes, they're paying more on wages but their customers also have more to spend," he said.
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