WOMEN AS A PROPORTION OF INJURY AND ILLNESS VICTIMS WOMEN AS A PROPORTION OF COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS 27% 51% GENDER JUSTICE GAP They have also been hardest hit by the growing justice gap. Since 2019/20, workplace injury and illness claims made by women have fallen by 13 percentage points more than men’s. This is despite women seeing a bigger increase in work-related injury and illness. Women are three times less likely than men to claim compensation for a work-related injury or illness. Women are hardest hit by this justice gap WOMEN REPRESENT OVER HALF OF WORK-RELATED INJURY AND ILLNESS VICTIMS, YET MAKE UP JUST OVER A QUARTER OF COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS Lack of research on the connection between women's workplace environments and illness may be behind the gender justice gap, as studies have mainly focused on maledominated industries. Without this research, women will find it more difficult to hold those responsible to account. PAGE 11
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