{"id":48007,"date":"2023-10-20T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/australias-106-best-employers-for-women-named-by-the-workplace-gender-equality-agency-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:56:55","slug":"australias-106-best-employers-for-women-named-by-the-workplace-gender-equality-agency-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/australias-106-best-employers-for-women-named-by-the-workplace-gender-equality-agency-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s 106 best employers for women named by The Workplace Gender Equality Agency – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released its annual list of Employers of Choice for Gender Equality.<\/p>\n

This year the list features 106 companies, up from 90 last year and 76 in 2014, despite more rigorous criteria.<\/p>\n

WGEA Director Libby Lyons said the growing list indicated that the business benefits and competitive advantage gained by addressing gender equality in the workplace were becoming more widely recognised.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers increasingly recognise that equal participation by women and men at all levels of an organisation is good for workplace culture and performance,\u201d Lyons said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWGEA data shows there is progress towards gender equality in Australian workplaces, but it is too slow.<\/p>\n

“It is only through more employers taking the initiative to promote gender equality in the workplace that we will see the pace of change pick up.”<\/p>\n

The organisations that made the cut range from small professional services firms to very large organisations including universities and banks, with male-dominated, female-dominated and mixed industries represented.<\/p>\n

Trends among this year\u2019s recipients which span industries from transport, engineering, manufacturing, insurance and law, include:<\/p>\n