About the Pay Equity Unit

The Pay Equity Unit was established within the Labour Relations Division of the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection in February 2006.

The establishment of the Pay Equity Unit arose directly from the Review of the Gender Pay Gap in Western Australia conducted in 2004 by Drs Trish Todd and Joan Eveline.  This report provided 34 recommendations to Government on strategies to address the gender pay gap.  The role of the Pay Equity Unit is to implement selected recommendations of the report.

The Pay Equity Unit aims to:

• Raise public awareness of pay equity through education and training;
• Work with stakeholders in relevant areas to identify and benchmark gender pay gaps;
• Develop an implementation plan for the relevant recommendations, and drive and coordinate the implementation of this plan;
• Liaise with key stakeholders and oversee their implementation of relevant recommendations;
• Assist government and private sector agencies to implement pay equity audits;
• Identify and implement appropriate strategies to address gender pay gaps informed by data from pay equity audits and other relevant sources.