Content overview: “Part-time bosses and co-CEO roles could close Australia’s gender pay gap, WGEA says”. The federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is urging Australian employers to embrace more flexible leadership models, including part-time executives and co-CEO arrangements, to help retain women in senior roles and narrow the nation’s persistent gender pay gap. Women currently earn an average of $0.79 for every $1 earned by men, and the agency attributes much of this disparity to uneven caring responsibilities and a lack of flexible work options at the top. WGEA warns that resistance to gender equality is growing, and that traditional full-time, single-leader structures disproportionately push women out of leadership.
By normalising part-time and job-sharing at executive levels, companies could keep experienced women in the workforce and reduce the pay gap over time. This call to action comes as Australian employers face increasing pressure to address systemic barriers to women’s advancement. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.