International Women's Day, Melbourne, 1980 International Women's Day march, Sydney, 1996 Reclaim the Night, Sydney, mid-1990s WEL NSW members displaying posters supporting the campaign for paid maternity leave, International Women's Day 2002 (WEL NSW Office) WEL-WA, Palm Sunday Peace March 1985 Eva Cox, at launch of WEL's 2004 federal election campaign. (WEL history collection, photo Gail Radford)

WEL’s submission to the Review of the Equal Opportinity for Women in the Wotkplace Act and Agency

03/12/2009 — Filed under: submission — Comments (0)
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WEL and the National Pay Equity Coalition made a joint submission to the review.  Click here for the full submission. The key points are as follows: 

 

 We have made significant progress in women’s employment since the introduction of the Affirmative Action Act and the Affirmative Action Agency (the Agency).
Progress has varied over time and stalled in some areas. Some changes reflect women’s improved levels of education and workforce experience. Others reflect changes in the regulatory environment – discrimination law, employment relations law, parental leave provisions, flexible work arrangements and so on.

 

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Call for submissions–Review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Act

15/10/2009 — Filed under: Current issues — Comments (0)
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The Federal Minister for the Status of Women has announced a Review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace and Agency (EOWA) and its underlying legislation (EOWW Act).

 

The EOWA Review will examine the effectiveness and efficiency of EOWA and the EOWWA in promoting equal opportunity for women in the workplace. The Act covers workplaces employing 100 or more people, and requires employers to develop and report annually on an equal opprotunity plan for women in their workpaces.

 

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