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The low prevalence of paid maternity leave in female-dominated industries shows "there is more work to be done" on gender equality in Australia, says Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick.

A new Australian Standard of Employment Rights gives employers and workers a benchmark against which to measure the industrial relations health of their workplace, says University of Sydney professor of labour law, Ron McCallum.

Changes to disability discrimination laws and other human rights legislation that take effect next week will make it easier for aggrieved employees to establish they were discriminated against, a workplace relations lawyer warns.

Paid maternity leave increases the chances that new and expectant mums will remain "attached" to the workforce and quickly return to their pre-birth employers, according to researchers from Deakin University.

Women in the most senior HR positions earn just half of what their male equivalents do, an analysis of remuneration in Australia's top 200 companies has found.

A Federal Government review will examine why women continue to be under-represented at senior levels in the workplace and whether legislative changes are needed to further their progress.

There are now 111 organisations recognised as employers of choice for women by the Federal Government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).

"Smart" employers are looking to mature-age workers to fill contract positions during the economic slowdown, to reap the benefits of their experience in challenging times, according to SageCo director, Alison Monroe.

A commitment to flexibility has helped a Queensland employer more than double its maternity leave return-to-work rate to 94 per cent.

Two of Australia's big four banks have found that an Indigenous school-based traineeship program is so effective in developing internal talent and expanding the skills of managers that they have committed to radically expanding the scheme.