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"You know the story. Isn’t it great now that flexible working has been
normalised post-lockdown? What a boon for feminism. It’s a powerful narrative.
But it’s not the whole story.
The federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published its
annual Gender Equality scorecard last month, highlighting that the gender pay
gap has stagnated at 22.8%, despite advances in hybrid work arrangements.
Harvard Business Review recently conducted research on stereotypes that
showed women are often assumed to be less committed to their work and careers
than men, especially if they’re mothers. With this as our (disappointing)
baseline, we need to start thinking beyond remote working as a
one-size-fits-all solution for workplace flexibility.
In economic terms, countries measure underemployment (in contrast to
unemployment) as the number of people who are in a job but would like to be
working more hours. What this measure neglects is a more crucial metric that
may hold the key to shifting the dial on the gender pay gap – something I will
call the dark underemployment. Like the dark web, it’s something most people
don’t really understand, except to know that it’s bad. And a bit scary."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
