Women on AWAs had hourly earnings some 11 per cent less than women on registered collective agreements. The gender pay gap was worse on AWAs: whereas women on registered collective agreements received 90 per cent of the hourly pay of men on such agreements, women on AWAs received only 80 per cent of the hourly pay of men on AWAs.
Friday, June 10, 2005
AWAs: No good for men; even worse for women
A report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that in May 2004, non-managerial men on registered individual contracts received an average of $23.40 per hour, which was 2 per cent less than men on registered collective agreements ($23.90 per hour).
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