What recruiters need to know about the WGEA pay gap data

The Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) last week published base salary and total remuneration median gender pay gaps for private sector employers in Australia with 100 or more employees.

This release caused an enormous amount of commentary.

Here’s a summary of what I have read (in Q&A form.):

How big is the gender pay gap? Australia’s total…