Fat Head Fahour talks horizontal pay equity, never vertical pay equity.

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Australia Post chief Ahmed Fahour calls for pay equity push

Jeff Whalley, Herald Sun
July 23, 2016 12:00am
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THE nation’s postal chief has challenged corporate Australia to pay women more after his organisation was revealed to be one of the best major ­employers for wage equality.

Australia Post chief Ahmed Fahour says employers need to work harder to overcome the disparity in sal­aries paid to men and women.

“It would be wonderful if every corporate had a gender action plan; it would be great for them to reduce this national pay gap,” Mr Fahour said.

His comments come after the release of figures showing Australia Post’s gender pay gap is 1.28 per cent — far smaller than the pay gap nationally.

According to a report published this year by the Federal Government’s Work­place Gender Equality Agency, the national gender pay gap is 17.3 per cent.

The gap is the difference between the amount women and men in the same roles are paid each week on a full-time basis. Based on average earnings, it means women are paid $277.70 less each week than men. Mr Fahour said the gap had to be closed. “Our goal is to get to zero. Every organisation should be at zero,” he said.

“We are certainly not perfect and have much to do — I see this as an opportunity to feel good about progress made but to redouble our own efforts.”

Mr Fahour attributed much of Australia Post’s success to the group’s gender action plan.

“Corporate cultures and ­societies need to believe in (gender equity) to make progress,” he said. “You have to believe it is a travesty if there is any discrimination against women. If you truly believe in it, it will manifest itself in the way people ­behave and recruit and pay.”

Employers needed firm plans and goals to address the gap.

“And your corporation needs to put in place policies and procedures that reduce or eliminate discrimination against people,” he said.

Post used the same methodology used in the Workplace Gender Equality Agency study to measure its own pay gap.