Removing Workplace Barriers for Women英文资料.pdfVIP

Equal Pay, Equal Opportunity, Equal Rights Removing Workplace Barriers for Women The Greens’ plan for improving the lives of working women Australia’s working women are facing pressures from every direction. They need real choices, whole of life access to equitable income opportunities and a work- life balance that benefits themselves and their families. Women in Australia comprise 45.8% of the workforce. They are equitably distribute and balance their work with their personal 70% of all part time employees, 35% of all fulltime employees lives. 1 and more than half of all casuals . It is our society’s mothers and daughters who are overwhelmingly the carers of children, Fairer superannuation for women 2 aging parents and family members with a disability . Women in Australia retire with just under one-third the 5 A woman’s lifetime of lower pay, less fulltime work and family superannuation accumulated by male workers . 64% women care means many women are today likely to outlive any aged 65-69 have no super, rising to 87% for women aged 6 superannuation savings they may receive. Increasing numbers 70+yrs. face serious financial shortfalls in retirement. The Greens believe women should not be penalised for The Australian Greens recognise the challenges facing today’s working lives disrupted by caring for children and