Work equality: Women and their workplace
April 14th 2008 05:49
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Hazel's recent post on Women on Top, why aren't they? in Coffee Quip raised the concern that as much as society is now recognising the need for workplace equality, there is still a glass roof women workers hit when it comes to rising to the top positions.
This week's Weekend Australian report in their article 'Quity: Myths still need to be banished' report that although "women have come a long way in the workplace since they were expected to resign as soon as they married" but there are still issues such as equal pay and promotion opportunities that need to be addressed by many industry bodies when it comes to employing women workers.
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) runs an annual list of EOWA Employer of Choice for Women, basing their judgment on the company values and culture as well as equal pay and benefits of employees in an organisation. These benefits include maternity leave entitlements, equal opportunity to bid for executive positions, the proportion of women against men employed in the company as well as extra facilities to make it easier for women to stay in the organisation such as childcare and a women's concern group.
I think it's great to see many of Australia's top corporates on the list such as Commonwealth Bank, ANZ Bank, World Vision Australia, IBM, Ford Motor Company, and many university groups part of this list, showing the growing support for equality for women in the workplace.
I am not a feminist, and I do think from time to time these things can be taken too far however, I do know the preference to employ an equally qualified men over their female competition still exist in today's society in or outside Australia, and I support the need for such recognition of companies that are trying to create a better workplace for both men and women and encourage the rest of the industries to do the same.
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