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For women fighting the gender pay gap discrimination law is limited

  • Written by Alice Orchiston, Associate Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
For women fighting the gender pay gap discrimination law is limitedSenior journalist Carrie Gracie (right) found she was being paid less than her male colleagues at the BBC.Joi Ito/Flickr, CC BY-SA

If women discover they are earning less than their male counterparts for the same jobs, their legal avenues for pursuing equal pay are limited. It’s difficult to prove and costly to litigate.

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