____, the national gender pay gap has risen in the past ten years from 14.9% to 18.8%.
The WGEA shows that there is a direct correlation between the pay gap and salary secrecy. In the public sector where employees are allowed to discuss their pay with their colleagues, the pay gap is 12.3% in comparison to the private sector, where the majority of organisations impose gag clauses, in which the pay gap is 22.4%.
"The gender pay gap is worst where pay is kept secret and women often find out they are being paid less than their male colleagues after years on the job," Greens spokesman for women Larissa Waters said, stating that the bill was a necessary step to ensure that the gap between the pay of women and men is bridged.
Gag clauses contribute to this disproportionate setting of wages as they …show more content…
In past few years since the commencement of the Abbott government, Australia has continued to lag behind its fellow countries. The Abbott government has denied the existence of climate change, turned a blind eye to the legalisation of gay marriage within several countries (including America and Ireland), and has continually failed to provide basic human rights to asylum seekers – proudly proclaiming that they have “stopped the