2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Australia''s equal pay laws have recently been renovated through the
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Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 and the Fair Work Act 2009. In light
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of these changes, it is timely to ask how effective Australia''s
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legislative approach is likely to be for progressing pay equity. This
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article presents an analysis of Australia''s current equal pay
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provisions, assessing their potential on the basis of their operation to
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date and through recent experience in Canada and the UK. Although
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focused on outcomes, we argue that Australia''s new workplace-based
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mechanism under the Workplace Gender Equality Act may prove relatively
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ineffective in both diagnosing and remedying pay inequality. In
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comparative perspective the Fair Work Act provisions provide significant
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capacity to improve pay equity across large sectors of the labour
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market. To date the use of these provisions point to some practical
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limitations in realising this potential. Moreover, the inadequate
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legislative and policy integration between labour market, sectoral,
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workplace and individual approaches together with a wavering political
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commitment to equality legislation generally suggest gender pay inequity
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will remain a persistent feature of Australian employment.'
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affiliation: 'Charlesworth, S (Corresponding Author), Univ S Australia, Ctr Work Life,
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GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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Charlesworth, Sara; Macdonald, Fiona, Univ S Australia, Ctr Work Life, Adelaide,
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SA 5001, Australia.'
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author: Charlesworth, Sara and Macdonald, Fiona
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author-email: Sara.Charlesworth@unisa.edu.au
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author_list:
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- family: Charlesworth
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given: Sara
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- family: Macdonald
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given: Fiona
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1093/cje/beu044
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eissn: 1464-3545
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files: []
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issn: 0309-166X
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journal: CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
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keywords: Equal pay; Labour regulation; Workplace programmes; Australia
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keywords-plus: EQUAL PAY; WOMEN; WORK
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number: 2, SI
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number-of-cited-references: '62'
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orcid-numbers: 'Charlesworth, Sara/0000-0001-6975-9283
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Macdonald, Fiona/0000-0001-5139-5637'
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pages: 421-440
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papis_id: 0061242f540a9076f4a44a924b3f5383
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ref: Charlesworth2015australiasgender
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researcherid-numbers: 'Charlesworth, Sara/F-1098-2011
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times-cited: '10'
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title: 'Australia''s gender pay equity legislation: how new, how different, what prospects?'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000352201800007
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '14'
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volume: '39'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2015'
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