Gender Pay Gap and Diversity in Woolworths

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Workplace diversity is one of the most useful aspects of any organization. It is the duty of
all the organizations to make sure that they are being able to provide equal opportunities to all
their employees irrespective of the gender, sexual or the socio economic background. This is to
ensure that all the employees are being given the equal salary equal promotional facilities and
also all the other facilities in a proper way (wow2016cr.qreports.com.au. 2019). Woolworths is
one of the leading super market chains of Australia which mainly works towards the welfare of
the organization. They make sure that all their employees are getting the same amount of
payment without any discrimination being done between them on the grounds of their gender sex
or other such parameters.
In the year 2018 the company has been awarded with the title of the Gold Tier Employer
in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for our continued commitment to creating an
inclusive culture. This is because of the fact the organization has been able to maintain a proper
parity between the pay-scale among all their employees. They have made sure that about the
male and the female employees are being given the equal amount of money so that they can
provide an employee friendly work culture to all the employees. As per the opinion of Dwyer et
al. (2017), it has been seen that Woolworths have been maintaining a good reputation in terms of
providing the same payment to the employees irrespective of the gender. They have been able to
reduce the issue of gender pay gap in their organization so that there is a proper work culture in
their organization. Hickman, Ozuem and Okoya (2019) has argued in the similar context that if
proper strategies are being undertaken for the betterment of the pay gap issue among the male
and the female employees them then why is the percentage still showing a different issues. It has
been seen that the average rate of income of the male employees is still at a higher rate than the
rate of the female employees. Australian Bureau of Statistics labor force figured that they there is

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a difference in the income of the male and the female employees by $241.50 more per week than
women. It I also seen that on comparing there is still a difference in the income that is derived by
the male and the female employees. It has been seen that the full-time average weekly earnings
of women in any of the business organizations is at $1,484.80 when they are compared with
$1,726.30 for men (wow2016cr.qreports.com.au. 2019).
Dwyer et al. (2017) has argued in the similar context saying that Woolworths have taken
several strategies for the reduction of the pay gap between the male and the female employees. It
has been seen that Woolworths divides their entire workforce in a 50:50 ratio, so that half of the
workforce is comprised of the male employees and the other half is comprised of the female
workers. It is also evident from the company website that there is a good diversity being
maintained in the work culture of Woolworths. They make sure that they are being able to
appoint more number of female employees in their work culture and give them ample amount of
chances for flourishing in the long run. Schofield-Georgeson (2018) is of the opinion that the
female employees are also being given exact amount of opportunities to overcome their skill
gaps through the different kinds of trainings and all other kinds of support that are needed for
overcoming the drawbacks and become well settled in their lives.
Representation of women is one of them most important and also unique featuring that is
prevalent in the work culture of Woolworths. This is mainly because of the fact that they are
trying to empower women and make sure that they can follow both employee centric and
customer centric approach at the same time. Dore (2017) has stated and agreed in this similar
context that appointing more number of female employees will not only help in improving the
work culture but also help in making the women workers as the role models of many other future
employees. This in turn will be beneficial for the other existing employees as they will be able to