2012 Women's Report Card released - Government of Western Australia

The 2012 Women's Report Card was recently released by the Hon Robyn McSweeney, Minister for Women's Interests. Developed by the Department for Communities, the report card details the statistical status of Western Australian women in a range of areas including leadership, safety and justice, economic independence and health and wellbeing. It is the fourth in the series which has measured women's progress since 2004.

The advancement of women into leadership positions continues to show very slow progress for the highest level positions across ASX 200 companies, universities public sector and local government. the report also highlights the increasing difference between the Western Australian and the total Australian gender pay gap with Western Australia currently standing at a 27.8% gap in 2011, compared with a national figure of 17.5%.

The report is available online and in hard copy. It aims to provide both general information and enable individuals and organisations to take advantage of the information and statistics to assist in policy and service delivery work. The full series of Women'e Report Cards are available to download from the Women's Interest section of the Department for Communities website. If you would like further information on the 2012 Women's Report Card, or to order hard copies, please contact the Department for Communities on (08)6551 8700 or by email: info@communities.wa.gov.au

Tools for Tackling Pay Inequity; New "On the Horizon"...

EOWA tackling Pay Inequity in Australia

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As discussed in last week’s post on the Pay Equity breakfast seminar held at the MBC featuring Mairi Steele and Philippa Hall from EOWA, EOWA are undertaking a number of projects to increase understanding of and provide solutions to the pay equity problem. Thanks to Margaret for sending this information through to us.

1. Development of a standard on gender-inclusive job evaluation
Working with Standards Australia, with stakeholders and engaging public consultation, EOWA plan to develop a standard on gender-inclusive job evaluation, building on the New Zealand Standard on Gender-inclusive Job Evaluation (P8007/2006).

The standard will provide an analysis of gender bias in job evaluation, and guidelines and checklists for minimising it. It will cover job description and analysis, job evaluation, and review and monitoring. The standard will enable users to check that job evaluation is conducted according to best practice in gender equity, and is for use with any job evaluation system.

2. An online course on pay equity
A one-hour interactive course, aimed at human resource practitioners and other interested people, will build understanding of pay equity issues and remedies. It covers legislation, statistics, pay equity histories and case studies, and checklists and tools for use with components of remuneration and techniques of valuing work and setting remuneration.

These projects will certainly provide managers and practitioners with some practical tools and frameworks for raising awareness of, identifying and addressing pay equity issues within their organizations. EOWA are keen to engage with managers, human resources practitioners and other interested people about these projects. See the EOWA website for contact details.

New On the Horizon

A new event for your calendar… thanks to Judith for this information.

On 7th and 8th February 2011, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in Auckland, New Zealand will host the 4th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference.

The theme of the conference is “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Views from the Edge”. The conference is seeking diverse views and challenging conversations around this theme and submissions that bring the margins to the centre or views from the edges of our knowledge and understanding of EDI are encouraged.

Submissions are invited from experienced, emerging researchers and practitioners and doctoral students are especially encouraged to present their work. There will be academic and doctoral sessions as well as presentations relevant to practitioners and policy makers.

For further information and key dates please visit the EDI Conference website