House Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations

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Inquiry into pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce

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Terms of Reference

That the Committee inquire into and report on the causes of any potential disadvantages in relation to women's participation in the workforce including, but not limited to:

• The adequacy of current data to reliably monitor employment changes that may impact on pay equity issues;



• The need for education and information among employers, employees and trade unions in relation to pay equity issues;



• Current structural arrangements in the negotiation of wages that may impact disproportionately on women;



• The adequacy of recent and current equal remuneration provisions in state and federal workplace relations legislation;



• The adequacy of current arrangements to ensure fair access to training and promotion for women who have taken maternity leave and/or returned to work part time and/or sought flexible work hours; and



• The need for further legislative reform to address pay equity in Australia.

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