Gail Kelly, Westpac CEO, busts the pay gap myth

On ABC TV's Q & A program on 7th March 2011, Mark Pannowitz, a Westpac employee, asked the following question of his CEO Gail Kelly. "Currently there is a 27 per cent pay difference between males and females in the finance sector. How is Westpac, planning to address this issue?". Gail's response - that despite equal pay for equal work being completely entrenched at Wespac, there is still a gender pay gap - shows that the pay gap is caused by the work/life choices of male and female employees, not any mythical male conspiracy to pay women less for the same work.

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[Shaq6322]

westpac is a scam. Australians be warned.

[Shaq6322]

@figbat1 No australian can be racist enough to lead westpac.

[Shaq6322]

I find it quite fitting that an institutionally racist organisation like westpac is led by a south african racist.

[julieetran]

random question: what's her accent? seems slightly screwed up to me

[themaniusedtob]

the mangina attempting to make her look bad in the video is feeding his feminist constituency for ratings... look at how the audience ignorantly laugh.. typical lack of info... with statistical fallacy amplified by feminist.

[themaniusedtob]

@victorsvoice thank you for spreading the word we need more people like you

[shahil101able]

This garbage is simple, if men are paid more for the exact same work....why would any company ever hire a man? They would be losing money.

[johnas1011]

@MotherNatureisBiased Well everyone but you seems to think you are mistaken in your take on that article. Is everyone else wrong while you right? Possible.... but statistically unlikely

[MotherNatureisBiased]

@johnas1011 I'm not 'attacking' anyone. I'm just making sure that people know what's going on. It's what I do. Have a nice day.

[johnas1011]

@MotherNatureisBiased well I had a look and I think you are over-reacting. If that post were written by a women about a mother and her child I submit it would not have been sexualized by you to the same degree. The MRM is a weak movement in the scheme of things and you as a potential ally letting a minor post affect you to this degree weakens the mission as a whole. Attack the real target....radical feminism and the p.c. post-modern university