Labor would also change the Fair Work Act to prohibit pay secrecy clausesMorrison says Labor risks ‘conflict’ with plan to force companies to reveal pay gapAustralian companies with more than 1,000 employees would have to publicly reveal how much they pay women compared with men under a federal Labor government. Labor says the gender pay gap is “stubbornly high” and women working full-time still get paid almost 15% less than men working full-time. Companies already report their gender pay data to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency but Labor would make it public, the statement said. “Working women need measures to combat the systematic society-wide undervaluation of work done by women,” she said on Sunday. Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) Under Labor, the gender pay gap increased from 15.5% to 17.2%.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2018 22:46 UTC