It turns out there is one, in some industries it's worse than others and it proves what those of us who have argued against such measures were right all along.
If you know what the other person earns, in some way, shape or form, your head is going to explode.
It is of course, and this is the real story, based on a falsehood.
There is no such thing as a gender pay gap in the sense wages are not handed out for gender. They are handed out for a job and/or experience and/or skill, sometimes also age.
Wages also vary depending on the business, specifically, and the industry, generally.
Where you get the so-called gender gap is by comparing apples with spanners and thinking it makes sense.
Women often choose careers and jobs and hours for different reasons than men. That’s not right or wrong, nor is it black or white.
What it is, is individual and everyone is allowed to choose what they want for themselves.
Some examples this week; they went to town on fashion brands where there was a pay gap and where management was largely male, and sales were largely female. This was presented as a problem.
What they failed to ask, as they always fail to ask, is why were there men in management? Had they deliberately rejected all females because they were females, or was the male who happened to be in the job the best person who applied?
A gender pay issue is only an issue if you overtly because of gender deny a person a job. That, most of the time in this day and age, does not happen.
They have taken a nuanced and complex problem and the Government, for reasons best known to themselves, most likely woke, decided to make a law that will cause needless angst and solve nothing.
Good for headlines though and water cooler chat, which is what Australia has busied itself with this week.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
It is of course, and this is the real story, based on a falsehood.
There is no such thing as a gender pay gap in the sense wages are not handed out for gender. They are handed out for a job and/or experience and/or skill, sometimes also age.
Wages also vary depending on the business, specifically, and the industry, generally.
Where you get the so-called gender gap is by comparing apples with spanners and thinking it makes sense.
Women often choose careers and jobs and hours for different reasons than men. That’s not right or wrong, nor is it black or white.
What it is, is individual and everyone is allowed to choose what they want for themselves.
Some examples this week; they went to town on fashion brands where there was a pay gap and where management was largely male, and sales were largely female. This was presented as a problem.
What they failed to ask, as they always fail to ask, is why were there men in management? Had they deliberately rejected all females because they were females, or was the male who happened to be in the job the best person who applied?
A gender pay issue is only an issue if you overtly because of gender deny a person a job. That, most of the time in this day and age, does not happen.
They have taken a nuanced and complex problem and the Government, for reasons best known to themselves, most likely woke, decided to make a law that will cause needless angst and solve nothing.
Good for headlines though and water cooler chat, which is what Australia has busied itself with this week.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
3 comments:
I thought that there were 72 genders nowadays?
Women often choose roles that allow them to work around childcare, or take career breaks to raise children - and there is nothing wrong with that. Well actually, some people do think there is something wrong with that, and won't be happy until everything in this world is split 50/50 between men and women whether it makes anyone happier or not.
For me, it is obvious: if females are cheaper to employ than males, why aren’t businesses full of female employees as it would lower the enterprise’s cost structure and increase profits?
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