The COVID-19 pandemic drove significant changes affecting women, work and industrial relations in Australia in 2020. This annual review explores the economic and social impact of the pandemic on women workers, and examines the gendered impact of key policy responses, including: the introduction of an historic temporary wage subsidy programme; the early release of superannuation funds; multiple economic stimulus measures, targeted mostly at male-dominated industries; and the provision of paid pandemic leave. This review also analyses major developments in early childhood care and education and aged care, and the longer-term implications of the massive natural experiment in working from home that occurred in 2020. Developments in paid parental leave and sexual harassment are also briefly discussed. We find that, although women workers were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, policy responses to date have largely failed to acknowledge or repair the gendered impacts of the crisis.

COVID-19大流行在2020年推动了重大变化，影响了澳大利亚的妇女，工作和劳资关系。本年度审查探讨了大流行对女工的经济和社会影响，并考察了主要政策对策的性别影响，包括：引言具有历史意义的临时工资补贴计划；提前发放养老金；多种经济刺激措施，主要针对男性主导的行业；以及提供带薪的大流行病假。这篇综述还分析了幼儿保育，教育和老年护理的主要发展，以及2020年在家进行的大规模自然实验的长期影响。还简要讨论了带薪育儿假和性骚扰的发展。我们发现