Mind the gender pay gap! This is a very real issue in architecture, with women architecture graduates starting out, on average, on salaries 6.5% below their male peers. Nor does it get better as careers develop. Strategies for change.
The pay gap: what can you do about it?
Why are women paid less and what can we do about it? Catalina Consultants’ Merilyn Speiser reflects on a recent KPMG and Diversity Council report into the gender pay gap.
Battling pay inequity
Compare and contrast pay rates and don’t misread confidence for competence. Cassandra Keller tells it like it is.
The fight for equal pay
Queensland architect Dolly Brennan began her long struggle for equal pay almost 100 years ago, and the battle is not yet won, argues Kirsty Volz.
No, women do not earn more than men in architecture
Before accepting every story that gets circulated, it’s important to look at the facts. Gill Matthewson points out that claims in Vogue are just not credible.
Breaking news: women are not condiments
Dodgy data on the gender pay gap has inspired alarmist headlines and some rather archaic opinions, argues Gill Matthewson.
Overdue, overtime
The prevalence of unpaid overtime has serious hidden costs for our profession. Clinton Cole calls for a more transparent remuneration system.
EOFY resolutions – fair and equitable pay for all
Leone Lorrimer offers a series of resolutions to help ensure that architectural practices have fair and equitable remuneration, and a set of resources to support them.
Mind the Gap
The gender pay gap in architecture does not discriminate, hitting just about every age group. Gill Matthewson digs into the Census stats and uncovers disturbing results.
Shock horror statistics
What do the recent AR Women in Architecture surveys really mean? Gill Matthewson digs into the stats and finds that some of the drama evaporates on close inspection.
A look behind the drapes – auditing Redshift’s equity practice
Michael Lewarne reports on Redshift Architecture's equity audit – and challenges other offices to conduct similar workplace equity audits and publish the results.
Gentlemen, I think we have a problem
Bronwen Jones challenges ACT architectural practices to conduct an industry-wide gender pay audit.
Why pay equity matters
As Gill Matthewson comments, this quote she found about sums it up: “The literature shows that pay is an important predictor of the extent to which a person is valued in his or her employment context and, more specifically, of the extent to which this person is perceived to have...
The graduate pay gap – new figures
Shelley Penn, National President of the Australian Institute of Architects, updates the figures for the architecture graduate pay gap.
Employers, the law and the dreaded pay gap
What can we do about the gender pay gap? Neph Wake has collated some helpful links, along with questions to help check how gender friendly our workplaces are.
