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What the Carlton Football Club CEO learnt about ambition
Brian Cook says he became a good leader when he realised leadership wasn’t all about him.
- Cindy Yin and Sally Patten
- Exclusive
- Trade unions
Christy Cain follows John Setka out the door at CFMEU
The militant union head is stepping down as part of a change of the guard that could result in the construction division leading the broader union.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘A bloody disgrace’: AFR readers demand companies reduce pay gaps
Nearly 70 per cent of readers also said that men taking on more domestic duties would enable women to take on higher paying roles and help reduce the gap.
- Hannah Wootton
Qantas pushes for 40pc female cadet pilot intake within four years
The dominance of men in lucrative pilot jobs globally is pushing some Australian airlines’ gender pay gaps as high as 53.5 per cent, prompting promises of change.
- Hannah Wootton
University reforms get thumbs up from teals, Nationals
The ambitious 25-year plan to double the number of people with a degree has found many fans in Canberra.
- Julie Hare
The 30 jobs earning surprise spots in the $100k club
Seek’s list is a mix of white-collar and blue-collar jobs, but a $100,000 salary is not what it used to be.
- Euan Black
Recent columns
Vanessa Hudson is not alone. Why women teeter on ‘glass cliff’
Female workers are deemed more likely to rise to the top when the job is dire, the risk of failure is high and men are less interested in the gig.
Columnist
Flaws in the fix for universities
The Universities Accord is supposed to be a blueprint for Australia’s higher education sector, but there are more questions than answers about how its goals will be achieved.
Columnist
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.
Editorial
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.
KPMG partner
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Gender equality
Vanessa Hudson is not alone. Why women teeter on ‘glass cliff’
Female workers are deemed more likely to rise to the top when the job is dire, the risk of failure is high and men are less interested in the gig.
- Pilita Clark
This Month
Have we just laid out a plan to kill the traditional university?
The universities accord says that the number of university students needs to double by 2050. That raises the question of what we actually want from our universities.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Liberal Party
What Scott Morrison does next
Unable to find a job in Australia, the former prime minister has joined a large engineering company in Dubai. He is also working in venture capital.
- Aaron Patrick
What one of Australia’s top bankers thinks about the pay gap
Jarden co-chief executive Sarah Rennie discusses taking the plunge on a start-up and why investment banking is becoming more female-friendly.
- Sally Patten
February
CFMEU and Hutchinson overturn $1.35m fines
The CFMEU has wiped out a $750,000 fine after the court held a builder kicking a non-union contractor off site was simply a commercial decision to avoid strikes.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Education
Flaws in the fix for universities
The Universities Accord is supposed to be a blueprint for Australia’s higher education sector, but there are more questions than answers about how its goals will be achieved.
- Jennifer Hewett
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.
- Euan Black
Uni reforms risk putting students on ‘pathway to failure’: Coalition
The opposition gives qualified backing to the government’s higher education reform agenda but says big increases in student numbers risk lowering standards.
- Julie Hare
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
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
The best advice this boss was given: don’t let somebody else manage your career
Having a clear strategy around how you manage yourself, both in business and outside, is important, says Blackmores CEO Alastair Symington
- Cindy Yin and Sally Patten
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
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
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
