Today
Slack CEO says don’t blame me if you can’t disconnect
Some blame our exhausting, always-on culture on the technology that powers it. But bosses say it’s more about the work practices surrounding it.
- 32 mins ago
- Euan Black
Yesterday
Family choices explain part of gender pay gap, say bosses
Corporate leaders say women taking more family responsibilities makes the dominance of men in the highest-paid roles difficult to shift. But some female directors said women “deciding” to take on lower-paid work was a “false choice”.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton and Sally Patten
20 microaggressions that should get you sent to HR
Increasing scrutiny of our workplace behaviour has put the spotlight on small acts that might cause offence. Here are some more to add to the list.
- Guy Kelly
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
‘Not a phoenix’: Sydney builder sidesteps $23m tax debt
A formwork subcontractor that worked on government projects collapsed owing $23 million to ATO, then continued its work through a related entity.
- David Marin-Guzman
This Month
Men dominate top pay quartiles at biggest companies
Men were far more likely to earn more than women the further up in organisations they moved, new data shows.
- Hannah Wootton and Cindy Yin
A ‘cultural shift’ is needed to shrink banker gender pay gap
Morgan Stanley is seeking to increase the numbers of high-earning women at the bank. One fund manager says that will rely on men being more family oriented.
- Aaron Weinman
PwC leads the way on reducing the gender pay gap
The big four firm is the only major consultancy that has effectively eliminated its gender pay gap.
- Updated
- Edmund Tadros
When we talk about the gender pay gap, this is what we mean
The Workplace Gender and Equality Agency released individual employers’ gender pay gaps for the first time. Here’s how to understand the numbers.
- Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Gender pay gap calls for proper explanation to maximise opportunity
While business is not entirely to blame, there is clearly room for innovative thinking about how corporates can tackle the cultural barriers to women working different jobs at different times in different places for more pay.
- The AFR View
Corrs lags top law firms on gender pay gap
Firms with a higher proportion of women partners tended to have a smaller median pay gap among staff, new data from WGEA shows.
- Maxim Shanahan
Diversity advocates McKinsey, BCG, Bain land pay gaps over 30pc
Strategy firms that advise clients to increase the diversity of their workforces and leadership teams have gender pay gaps that are up to double the national gap.
- Edmund Tadros
Full list: the gender pay gaps at Australia’s top 250 companies
The Australian Financial Review has dug through calculations of pay disparity at more than 5000 companies to zero in on the ASX200 and the largest private firms.
- Cindy Yin
IPO hopeful Rokt has largest gender pay gap of tech unicorns
Male-dominated software engineering and sales teams have worsened the pay divide across the local technology sector.
- Tess Bennett
These companies nailed the gender pay challenge. It wasn’t easy
Companies such as Super Retail Group, Wesfarmers, PwC and Cotton On have the most balanced pay rates between men and women employees.
- Sally Patten
Oil, gas giants claim highest pay gaps in resources industry
More men working offshore and at remote mines in roles that attract away-from-home allowances and higher pay, fuel the mining industry’s highest pay gaps.
- Tom Rabe
- Opinion
- Gender pay gap
Gender pay transparency without action is diagnosis without treatment
The gender pay gap is built on complex social and economic bedrock. The time has come for a clear, strategic plan detailing how businesses intend to end the disparity.
- Dorothy Hisgrove
Investment banking boys’ club gender pay gaps near 50pc
The biggest gender pay gaps in Australian workplaces are not found on construction sites or down mines but behind trading screens in state-of-the-art office towers.
- Aaron Weinman
Bonuses, overtime drive 19pc gender pay gap
The median pay gap at businesses with 100-plus employees has been revealed for the first time and professional services and banks recorded some of the worst disparities.
- Hannah Wootton
Family of accused in alleged $180m tax fraud boasts $40m in property
The alleged “controlling mind” of what could be the country’s biggest tax fraud splashed cash on a luxury four-bedroom penthouse boasting Sydney harbour views.
- David Marin-Guzman
ATO probes top construction subbie over ‘$180m tax fraud’
The Tax Office is investigating a suspected 15-year scheme that could prove to be the biggest corporate tax fraud in history.
- David Marin-Guzman
