Dozens of Australian businesses have gender pay gaps above 50%, landmark data reveals

Data showing nearly two thirds of workplaces have a pay gap that favours men is being published in the hopes of ending disparity

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Dozens of Australian companies have gender pay gaps of more than 50%, according to landmark data released for the first time by the government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

The individual gender pay gaps at nearly 5,000 businesses across Australia - every private company with 100 employees or more - were published on Tuesday with the explicit aim of attempting to reduce the gender pay gap.