Knowledge check: the gender pay gap

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* 1. Do the terms 'equal pay' and 'the gender pay gap' mean the same thing?

Yes

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* 2. What is 'equal pay'?

When women and men work in the same role in the same organisation and are paid the same.

When women and men performing the same role or different work of equal or comparable value are paid the same.

When women and men work in the same role in the same industry and are paid the same.

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* 3. What is 'the gender pay gap'?

A measure of the difference between the average earnings of women and men in the workforce, expressed as a percentage of men’s earnings.

A measure of the difference between the average savings of women and men at retirement, expressed as a percentage of men's savings.

When women and men performing the same role or different work of equal or comparable value are paid differently across the workforce.

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* 4. What is the current national gender pay gap in Australia?

15.5%

14.1%

20%

0.3%

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* 5. What are the causes behind the gender pay gap?

Conscious and unconscious discrimination and bias in hiring and pay decisions.

Lack of workplace flexibility to accommodate caring and other responsibilities, especially in senior roles.

Women’s disproportionate share of unpaid caring and domestic work.

Women are not as interested in high paying jobs that men do.

Women’s greater time out of the workforce for caring responsibilities impacting career progression and opportunities.

Women and men working in different industries and different jobs, with female-dominated industries and jobs attracting lower wages.

Women choose to make less money than men.

There is no gender pay gap because it is illegal to pay men and women differently.

Women lack confidence and aren't as ambitious as men.

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* 6. When does the gender pay gap start?

After 40 years old.

After women start having children.

At retirement.

At graduation.

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* 7. Men are affected by the impacts of the gender pay gap too. True or false?

True

False

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* 8. Which industry does not have a full-time total remuneration gender pay gap in favour of men?

Mining

Finance

Healthcare

None

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* 9. The gender pay gap can only be fixed by big organisations. True or false?

False

True