{"id":57552,"date":"2026-05-19T23:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/?p=57552"},"modified":"2026-05-19T23:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:27:19","slug":"women-still-face-barriers-in-the-workplace-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/women-still-face-barriers-in-the-workplace-research-finds","title":{"rendered":"Women still face barriers in the workplace, research finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent article by Inside Small Business, COS Co-CEO Belinda Lyone explained how workplace inequality can build over time through unclear promotion pathways, informal networks and caregiving pressures affecting women. She highlighted that gender inequality continues to impact women\u2019s access to career progression and equal opportunities in the workplace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;recent study commissioned by COS demonstrates this inequality, finding that 81% of women believe they need to work harder than men to access the same opportunities, while only 56% believe they have equal opportunities to reach senior leadership positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidesmallbusiness.com.au\/people-hr\/retention\/women-still-face-barriers-in-the-workplace-research-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style3 like-57552 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='57552' data-nonce='57fa263a57' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Did you find this useful?' \/><span class='lc-57552 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style3 unlike-57552 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='57552' data-nonce='57fa263a57' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='' \/><span class='unlc-57552 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-57552 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent article by Inside Small Business, COS Co-CEO Belinda Lyone explained how workplace inequality can build over time through unclear promotion pathways, informal networks and caregiving pressures affecting women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":57553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[2405],"class_list":["post-57552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57554,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57552\/revisions\/57554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}