OVERVIEW

The Australian “financial and insurance services” sector is one of the most highly female-dominated sectors in Australia. It is unfortunately also the sector with the highest gender pay gap levels in the country.

According to statistics published by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), as of May 2019, the sector’s mean pay gap was at a nation-wide high of 24.4%.

Given their rapid growth and significance of the Australain FinTech sector in recent years, FinTechs have the ability to contribute to reducing this gap.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Following completion of this course, you will have gained the following knowledge:

- Differences between gender pay "equality" vs ""equity"
- Definition and calculation of "gender pay gap"
- Gender pay gap in Australia - broken down by sector
- Factors contributing to the gender pay gap
- How Australian FinTechs can contribute to reducing the gender pay gap.