Gender Pay Gaps

Gender equity is a diversity management issue. This is because male workers in certain jobs are still common in the workplace. ‘Gender pay gaps appear across age,ethnicity, profession, education and country’ (Ellemers, 2014 p.47).Females at a disadvantage in the labour market with a high gender pay gap (Williamson & Baird, 2014). In addition, due to the particularities of women, hardly they can find a job than men although they are more qualified for the job. As females become more and more independent and educated nowadays, gender equity as a basic and a nonnegligible diversity issue that organisations should pay more attention to. To manage this issue well is good for both organisations and society become healthier and more competitive. There

It has been consecutive fourth named as “ an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality” by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to recognize and encouraged the efforts to achieve its gender equality goals 1. The executive human resources manager Melanie Laing said that there are lots of progress CBA has made to achieve its diversity and inclusion strategy. In the Corporate Responsibility Report 2016, CBA gave several figures about present female workforce in 2015 and target in2020 1. In 2015, women occupied 60% of the total workforce. Among them, 43.6% are in management roles and 35.2% in Executive manager and above roles. By the year 2020, CBA is expected to have 40% women in Executive Manager and above positions 1. To achieve this goal, one of every two new employees at this high level would be female. Ian Narev, the CEO of CBA said they have a business and moral imperative to build an inclusive culture and gender

It keeping eyes on supporting and improving gender equality in the workplace and continuously been awarded “ the Employ of Choice of Gender Equality Citation” by WGEA 3. It did a good employer commitment and best practice in promoting gender equality in Australian workplaces which recognized by more than 100 diverse organisations in the world 4. This achievement is because Allianz commit themselves to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. According to the Managing Director, Niran Peiris illustrates that Allianz is working hard to realize diversity and inclusive goal by providing flexible work opportunities, targeted recruitment practices and professional development programs to increase the rate of female in leadership and management roles 4. Gender equality as an important strategy that have closely related to the continued success and growth (Allianz Australia continues the Employer of Choice for Gender Equality Citation, 08/12/2016).

In conclusion, as such big companies in Australia, CBA and Allianz are recognizing the gender equality strategy is one of most diversity management issue. It shows that respect and value the diversity made both men and women more capable of achieving high performance 5. When people are equally enjoying resources and opportunities, gender equality is achieved 5. It is no matter they are a man or a woman. The increasing