Our Legislation

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency is an Australian Government statutory agency created by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. 

In March 2023, parliament passed the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023. This Bill made amendments to the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. 

The 2023 WGEA reform package also included changes to the associated Legislative Instruments (Workplace Gender Equality (Gender Equality Standards) Instrument 2023 and the Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2023).

Legislation guides and resources

Get future ready: A guide to understanding changes to WGEA's legislation

The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Act 2023 aims to accelerate workplace gender equality in Australia. Find out what the new reforms introduced in March 2023 mean. 

Publishing employer gender pay gaps

Want to know when WGEA will publish employer gender pay gaps? And how we will do it? What data will we include? And what can employers do to explain their gender pay gaps? This guide has all the information you need. 

Read the Acts, Amending Acts and associated Legislative Instruments

Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

This is a compilation of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 13 December 2022.

Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2023

This instrument is the Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2023.

Workplace Gender Equality (Gender Equality Standards) Instrument 2023

This instrument is the Workplace Gender Equality (Gender Equality Standards) Instrument 2023.

Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Amending Act)