Reporting dates

1 April to 31 March

When preparing and lodging a Gender Equality Report with WGEA, the information provided will be in respect of a 12-month period. This is known as the reporting period.

How do the reporting documents relate to the reporting period?

Snapshot date

The Workplace Profile (WPP) provides a snapshot of an organisation’s workforce on any one day during the 12-month reporting period. Employers can choose any snapshot date within the reporting period when preparing the WPP.

We recommend employers try to keep the same snapshot date year-to-year to ensures the data is taken at regular intervals.

For further information, refer to Workplace Profile.

1 April to 31 May

The Reporting Program will be open each year for 2 months for employers to lodge their Gender Equality Report via the Employer Portal. This is known as the lodgement period.
 

 Important: employers must resolve any data quality issues and lodge the report within the lodgement period (or approved extension period), or risk being non-compliant.

1 June - 31 August

If you experience any difficulties preparing and lodging your report within the lodgement period, you can apply for an extension.

• We offer an automatic one-month extension period on application.
• Longer time periods require you to demonstrate reasonable grounds for the extension.
• An extension must be applied for within the lodgement period. 
• You can only apply for one extension within the lodgement period. 

31 August

Employers must lodge their report by 31 August to meet data cut off and be included in the WGEA Scorecard.

September - October

WGEA completes compliance checks and starts to issue certificates of compliance to relevant employers who have complied with their reporting obligations.

You can contact us once you have reported if you are tendering for a contract or are in an active contract and need to demonstrate compliance with the Act.

TBC

Available up until 21 March. The CEO of the organisation must share this report and the Executive Summary with their Governing Body to be compliant with the Act.

31 October

Employers who do not lodge within the lodgement period (or within an approved extension period) will be non-compliant with the Act. However, WGEA still encourages employers to lodge their reports by 31 October to:

• receive an Executive Summary, setting out the key results from their submission
• receive an Industry Benchmark Report, comparing their results with other similar employers
• have their gender equality data published on WGEA’s Data Explorer
• demonstrate to employees and the wider public that they value gender equality.

November

WGEA publishes the annual Scorecard.

January

Publication of non-compliant list on the WGEA website.

February

Employer Gender Pay Gap statement links can be uploaded in the Employer Portal.

February - March

WGEA publishes the private sector Gender Pay Gaps.