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EDGE Plus: ‘The most righteous thing you can do is shake things up’
'As much as we would like to change the world, we are realistic' “Diversity and equality is making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, the most righteous thing you can do is shake things up, so time to shake things up”. Founded by Deb...
EDGE Plus Goes All In
“To achieve diversity and equality, being polite cannot be the same as being quiet. The most righteous thing you can do is speak up and shake things up. Now’s the time to shake things up.” Founded by Deb Jeffers EDGE PLUS is Australia's first all-female private...
Ending Australia’s gender pay gap: How to improve diversity in the C-suite
'It starts from the top down' Australia continues to lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to the representation of women in leadership roles – and it’s stunting efforts to reduce the country’s stubborn gender pay gap. Just over half of Australia’s workforce...
Ending Australia’s gender pay gap: How to get buy-in from your CEO
'Don't just expect that if someone's got a daughter, they're going to care' BY Jess Bell 30 Sep 2021 The case for creating a diverse workplace is well-documented. Business leaders would have to be living under a rock to have missed the news that a more diverse...
Senate passes bill to include miscarriage leave in Australia’s Fair Work Act
Employers in Australia are now required to provide employees with two days of paid bereavement leave for parents who experience a miscarriage, after a historic change to the Fair Work Act. It comes after five years of campaigning by The Pink Elephants, a support...
Equal Pay Day: Men out-earn women by $13,000 a year
WGEA director says the new data is a stark warning for employers. Today marks Australia’s Equal Pay Day, signifying the 61 extra days women in Australia must work on average to receive same pay as men. This year, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) announced...
Women making a huge difference.
Dame Sarah Gilbert, co-creator of the AstraZeneca vaccine receives standing ovation at Wimbledon Women across the globe have led during the past 18 months, and if we needed another reminder of it, the centre court of Wimbledon proved it last night. Dame Sarah Gilbert...
Female employees fear pregnancy prejudice
Expectant moms say they deliberately over-compensate because co-workers see a pregnancy bump and stop taking them seriously. A new report has revealed that expectant moms are under extra stress at work because they fear co-workers aren’t taking them seriously – many...
Exhausted from WFH? Here is how to manage it
A lack of separation between work and home, and a never-ending pandemic has affected the best of us. Some call it burnout, others call it ‘languishing’, which means you’re spent but not quite empty. But exhaustion by any other name is just as tiring, so it’s best to...
Why are women underrepresented in the C-suite?
HR remains the only function with genuine diversity. Today is International Women’s Day, which means it’s time to take a good hard look at how we’re progressing in terms of gender equity. The good news: there are even more females taking up lead roles in HR, legal and...
How to create an inclusive workplace
Do your employees feel seen and heard at work? How do you ensure that they do? There are a slew of tools you can tap on to push your diversity and inclusion agenda. According to your resources and organisation’s bandwidth, you can bank on things from formal policies...
‘We’re at a critical point for gender diversity’
International Women’s Day is always an important moment to reflect on the gender inequality that still exists all over the world. But 2021 marks a critical year in the fight for progress. COVID-19 has had a disproportionately negative impact on women and in Parliament...