50 years after Australia's historic 'equal pay' decision, the legacy of 'women's work' remains
- Written by Leonora Risse, Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
June 19, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of Australia’s industrial relations system endorsing the principle of “equal pay for equal work”.
Yet, five decades on, a gender pay gap remains.
The 1969 decision was a breakthrough, but also highlighted the problem of putting principle into practice, given a legacy of past decisions being...
