Unions are calling on Tasmania's Rockliff Liberal Government to boost its investment in public sector pay, as a report reveals public servants in the State are earning nearly $5700 less than their mainland counterparts and are worse off than 13 years ago.
Pay rises in private sector agreements eased in the March quarter and plummeted from an unusual spike in the public sector, according to DEWR's latest data.
Perth-based IR managers are typically attracting a $20,000 annual premium over their counterparts in Sydney and Melbourne, according to recruitment company Hays' latest salary survey.
Annual growth in private sector pay has gone backwards for the first time since the height of the pandemic, according to ABS data released today, but it continues to outpace inflation.
The FWC is seeking submissions on the latest phase of its research on gender-based occupational segregation, which has been released ahead of this year's annual wage review.
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has revealed a NDIS health service, the Energizer battery giant and an investment and logistics company have the largest median total remuneration gender pay gaps, while construction topped the list on an industry basis, under new laws requiring the agency to annually report the performance of companies with 100-plus employees.
The FWC has today launched the next stage of its gender pay equity research, in which it will examine a dozen awards covering highly-feminised sectors to uncover indicators of gender-based undervaluation of minimum rates, ahead of the 2023-24 annual wage review.
Award wage increases have responded to rather than contributed to higher price inflation, and although the tight labour market has brought higher pay growth, it is "not enough to be a threat to slowing price inflation", according to a leading labour market economist.
University research commissioned by the FWC has identified 29 "large, highly feminised" and probably undervalued occupations covered by 13 modern awards that it might spotlight in the current annual wage review, in response to the Secure Jobs' imperative to address unequal remuneration and gender undervaluation in minimum rates of pay.
