Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact on the new federal wage fixing system on gender pay equity in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The article is divided into four parts. The first section briefly examines the policy approach to the issue of gender pay equity...

National and regional governments have used a variety of approaches to address the persistent earnings differentials between women and men. Differences are apparent, for example, in the institutional apparatus adopted, the obligations imposed upon employers and the tests used to assess whether...