Sorry, ladies – gender wage gap got worse during Covid, data shows

Monday March 08, 2021

Australia will celebrate International Women’s Day on Monday as new data shows the gender wage gap has widened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women’s pay outcomes have been negatively impacted by Covid, with a move toward more casual work. Photo: ABC

Women suffered disproportionate job losses when the pandemic hit, and their jobs returned on a more casualised or part-time basis than men’s did during the recovery, research released on Monday shows.

The Centre for the Future Work, which did the research, is warning that the government’s approach to the economic…

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