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The Gender Wage Gap Affects Australian Women Workers

Women make up nearly half of the workforce on the Australian continent. Men earn AU$261.50 (about US$187) more each week than women, according to the Australian government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).<br>Read More: https://www.thehrdigest.com/gender-wage-gap-concerns-australian-women-workers/<br>

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The Gender Wage Gap Affects Australian Women Workers

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  1. GENDER WAGE GAP CONCERNS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN-WORKERS The Australia. In the last two years, women have received fewer salary raises than men. Covid-19 pandemic has harmed women’s careers in Women in Australia account for about half of the continent’s workforce. According to the Australian government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), men earn AU$261.50 (about US$187) more per week than women.

  2. Women lost more jobs than men did after the pandemic hit the world. Women have suffered the from the epidemic and subsequent lockdowns. brunt of job losses resulting “In 2020 and 2021, women lost more jobs and than men, owing to their disproportionate concentration in some of the hardest-hit sectors, like retail and hospitality” says Meraiah Foley, deputy director of the Women and Work Research Group at the University of Sydney Business School. “Front-line workers in health care and education-both sectors dominated by women-have faced increased risk of contracting the virus. working hours

  3. According to the WGEA, Australian women would have had to work an extra 61 days last year to earn the same as males in 2021.

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