Queensland employers are reportedly lagging behind the nation on most key gender equality indicators, with the gender pay gap worse than the national average.
New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency reveals QUEENSLAND’S gender pay gap is the worst in the country at 23.4 per cent, compared with the Australian average of 20.8 per cent.
Queensland is five per cent behind the national average for workplaces with gender equality policies or strategies at 70.1 per cent of workplaces.
The state leads the rest of the country however with 42 per cent of Queensland’s managers being women, which compares favourably to the national average of 39.4 per cent.