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The Mining Gender Pay Gap: Remuneration Check for Companies. Respondents to the 2007 AusIMM Employment and Remuneration Survey were asked to rank their level of responsibility, where Level 1 was graduate level and Level 5 was senior management.
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The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies • Respondents to the 2007 AusIMM Employment and Remuneration Survey were asked to rank their level of responsibility, where Level 1 was graduate level and Level 5 was senior management. • Average annual base salary at each level of responsibility was calculated for male and female respondents Table 1 – Average annual base salary by gender
The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies • Because males tend to work more hours than females, an approximate pay per hour variable was created based on the formula (Annual base salary)/(hours per week*52). • Controlling for hours worked, males still tend to earn more than females at every level with the exception of level 1 Table 1 –Approximate average pay per hour by gender
The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies AusIMM Remuneration survey ‘07 • Females on significantly less- table 1 • Females work on average less hours than men, but it is still less when adjusted and put into hourly rates- table 2 • No significance site, city or FIFO according to survey Questions for Companies • Check a sample of mining engineers, geologists and metallurgists, all levels • If it is different and it is valid, find out the reasons • If there is no difference – can we know? • If there is found to be a difference and it is fixed. Can you let us know it is fixed? • Can you let us know the strategies that were implemented to achieve this so that we can promote amongst our membership?
Additional Info • The full survey report is available from The AusIMM online bookshop and is free to members. Go to: http://www.shop.ausimm.com.au/index_shop.php • Contact the Women in Mining Network at policy@ausimm.com.au or go to http://www.ausimm.com.au/main/policy/wimnet.php