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Australian Legal system and women in the workplace

 

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             Evidence to support Ms. Kramers comments of no glass ceiling is a recent survey (2002) of 1,200 women that they no longer believed the glass ceiling provides the biggest resistance to advancement. They believe "family issues and gender discrimination" are the restraints. However statistics are too incontrovertible to be discounted totally since it is the only solid form of evidence to reveal whether the glass ceiling is a myth or a fact.
             Another disadvantage women face in the workforce is the economic disadvantage that comes with pregnancy and caretaking of young children. Some of the problems include:.
            
             • High risk of losing job during before/after pregnancy.
            
             • Employers are not willing to train employees which will likely leave for maternity leave, citing a lack of commitment on behalf of the worker.
            
             • Children are a high expense, especially if the woman is unpaid during her leave.
             Due to the disadvantages that women face, the Australian Legal System has been reformed by many laws to stop unequal treatment in the workplace, women are still although less needy then before, are still disadvantaged. .
             The below states many laws/cases that have been reformed in an attempt to exterminate disadvantages that women face in the workforce.
             Law/Case Description.
             1973 - AUSTRALIAN CENTRALISED WAGE FIXING SYSTEM Through this women received the economic right of gaining equal wages as men for work of equal value.
             1977 - ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT No discrimination on the bases of race or gender.
             1984 - SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT.
             Anti discrimination because of sex.
             1985 - JANE HILL VS. WALTER RESOURCES COMMISSION Case over sexual harassment where the employer was found guilty.
             1986 - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Allows equal employment opportunities.
             1989 - CHILD SUPPORT ACT The parent who gains custody (90% women), receives financial support from the other parent.
             1996 - WORKPLACE RELATIONS Have provisions aimed at removing pay inequities.


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