Overview

• WGEA launched an online calculator that lets staff identify their workplace’s Equal Pay Day and the size of their employer’s gender pay gap.
• The agency reports that gaps in favor of men exist in every industry, including sectors that are female-dominated or gender-balanced.
• Research pinpoints three drivers of the gap: gender segregation across jobs and industries, unequal caring responsibilities, and workplace discrimination.
• Recent laws now publish individual employer pay gaps and require large employers to select Gender Equality Targets to accelerate change.
• Independent analysis from the Financy Women’s Index puts pay equity 21.5 years away, improving from a 37.5-year estimate in 2017.