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Plus 63: women work 63 days more than men
On September 1, 2009 it will be Equal Pay Day again. The first Equal Pay Day was set by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) in 2008.
The way EOWA set it up, the date for Equal Pay Day changes each year as it is calculated by counting the extra days many women would have to work after the end of the financial year (30 June) in order to earn the same as men.
In 2008, Equal Pay Day fell on August 27. That was 58 days extra that EOWA estimated most women worked in 2008 to earn the same as most men.
In 2009 the gender pay gap increased to 17.2%, so five extra days will be added to the gap between the end of the 2009 financial year and Equal Pay Day.
Equal Pay Day 2009 will fall on 1st September: 63 days after 30 June. In 2009, women worked on average 63 days just to earn the same pay as men.
Not long to go till September 1 - and Australian women are counting the days. Is anyone else?
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I was in Salzburg in Austria in April this year and found a group of women giving out 'Equal Pay Day' information. Between my stalted german and their english, we worked out that they have equal pay day as the equivalent day that women begin getting paid - so it was in April rather than September. Same principle, different application!
Posted by Sandy Pitcher, 19/08/2009 9:50pm (1 year ago)
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