The Lantern Legal Group’s Commitment to Gender Equality
The Lantern Legal Group Pty Ltd remains committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all employees have equal opportunity to grow and build meaningful careers.
This year’s Gender Pay Gap statement for our firm represents a continuous improvement on previous years. We have moved from 25% in 2023, to 18% in 2024, to 12.5% in 2025. For comparison, the median gender pay gap was 29.5% in 2023, 12.2% in 2024, and 11.3% in 2025.
We continue to uphold merit-based systems and processes across the firm, which have supported the development of a well-balanced gender representation within our equity principal group. We remain committed to examining the factors contributing to the gender pay gap and to fostering ongoing awareness of best practice approaches that help maintain this balance.
It is recognised that the primary driver of our gender pay gap, is structural, and persists. As is common across private law firms, we have a higher proportion of women working in business support and administrative roles. As these roles fall within the lower remuneration quartile, this workforce composition continues to influence our overall gender pay gap. When we compare like for like roles and analyse remuneration across our legal and business operations groups, the gender pay gaps are significantly different to our overall firmwide result. Our analysis confirms that we continue to perform strongly in maintaining pay equity and our data shows that our gender-based pay variances within comparable roles remain very low and within our pay equity targets. We remain committed to regular review and ongoing improvement to ensure this position is sustained.
Incentives to further close the gender pay gap
Pay equity analysis.
Our annual salary review process includes a detailed pay equity analysis across all roles. This report is shared with a diverse group of leaders within the firm. The analysis ensures that progression, remuneration and rewards are based on merit and performance and applied fairly and consistently across all areas of the firm.
Support for parents and carers.
We remain committed to supporting parents and carers throughout their transition to and from parental leave, enabling them to balance work and family responsibilities while continuing to advance their careers.
Flexible work arrangements.
The firm offers a range of flexible work options including remote work, part time arrangements and job sharing in support of work-life balance for staff with caring responsibilities.
Preventing bullying, discrimination sexual harassment and victimisation.
These important topics are integrated into our learning and development programs and induction procedures to ensure staff are aware of our zero-tolerance approach to unlawful behaviours in the workplace.
Respect, dignity and inclusion.
Our commitment is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work. We are a meritocracy, and we are proud of it. We work hard to avoid bias and ensure all our people have the right skills and training to successfully advance in their careers. We closely monitor the extent to which our workplace is genuinely inclusive, and we respond thoughtfully and proportionately whenever opportunities for improvement are identified.
Driving impact beyond the workplace.
The firm encourages staff to engage with community groups and to use their experiences and influence to make a positive contribution beyond their immediate roles.
The Lantern Legal Group Pty Ltd remains steadfast in its commitment to gender equality. Through ongoing analysis, targeted initiatives and a strong focus on merit-based decision making, we will continue to build a workplace where all individuals are valued, supported and empowered to succeed. We recognise that sustained progress requires continuous effort, and we remain dedicated to taking meaningful action to close the gender pay gap and foster an inclusive environment for all.
The Lantern Legal Group Board
Andrew Barnes, CEO
April 2026