How mentoring and supporting women in the workplace can help defeat “dinosaur-age” attitudes

Behind every well-paid man is a woman doing the same work, for less money. Despite a visible uptick in global feminism, the gender pay gap in Australia recently worsened to 14.1%, an increase of 0.3% over the last six months.  

What that looks like in practical terms is earnings of $1,872.90 a week for a man working full-time versus $1,609 for a full-time female employees, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

It says every industry still has a significant gender pay gap with professional, scientific and technical services leading – or should that be underpaying – women at a rate of 25.3%.

Just last month, AFR Rich Lister Sam Kennard helped shine a light on part of the problem.

His criticism of the Albanese government’s post-Jobs and Skills Summit attempt to get companies to put women