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Section : CASE STUDY - Identify and maintain pay equity
Domain : Human Resource Management
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This chunk discusses a case study of a telecommunications company that addressed gender pay equity by analyzing employee duties and implementing governance around salary decisions. It emphasizes the relationship between gender equality and pay equity, and provides a checklist for best practices in promoting gender equity in the workplace, including flexible working arrangements and gender balance in roles and leadership.
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A telecommunications company fixed like-for-like pay gaps by analysing employee duties and introducing initiatives to improve gender equality. Placing strong governance around salary decision making became an important aspect of the company's strategy to maintain pay equity. fairwork.gov.au | Fair Work Infoline: 13 13 94 | ABN: 43 884 188 232 Gender equality and pay equity are separate but related. Improvements in one should lead to improvements in the other. A best practice workplace involves more than just understanding and complying with the law. This checklist will help you work towards best practice in your business:
- [ ] Flexible working arrangements - providing flexible working arrangements can help all employees manage work-life balance and improve opportunities for progression and career satisfaction. For more information see our Flexible working arrangements best practice guide available from fairwork.gov.au/bestpracticeguides
- [ ] Gender balance - consider gender balance within different roles, leadership, and business areas. Where does your business have the greatest imbalance between genders? What are the reasons for this? What can you do to even this out?
- What steps did the telecommunications company take to address pay gaps?
- How does the company ensure governance around salary decision making?
- What is the relationship between gender equality and pay equity as mentioned in the text?
- Why is it important for a workplace to go beyond just legal compliance regarding gender equality?
- What are some benefits of providing flexible working arrangements for employees?
- What factors should a business consider when assessing gender balance in different roles?
- What questions should a company ask itself to address gender imbalance?
- How can improvements in gender equality lead to better pay equity?
- What resources are available for businesses to improve their practices regarding flexible working arrangements?
- What initiatives can be introduced to promote gender equality in the workplace?