Executive Summary

Employers must provide their Executive Summary(s) with their governing body as soon as reasonably practical after receiving them. 

For instructions on how to generate the Executive Summary, please see Document Generation.

What is the Executive Summary

The Executive Summary provides key insights from the lodged Gender Equality Report, including gender pay gap data and workforce composition.

The Executive Summary:

  • Summarises results from the employer’s Gender Equality Report, including outcomes against the 6 Gender Equality Indicators (GEIs).

  • Is available immediately after lodgement in the WGEA Employer Portal.

  • Can be generated for any organisation (with an individual ABN) that reports 80 or more employees in their Workplace Profile.

  • Corporate groups receive a condensed version, which includes key Gender Gay Gap and Workforce Composition data for all ABNs in the group.

The Executive Summary can be used to:

  • Identify areas for improvement in gender equality

  • Inform workplace policies and strategy

  • Support internal discussions on workforce gender balance and pay equity

Requirement for the CEO to share the Executive Summary with employer’s governing body

Under the Act, employers have requirements to share information with the employer’s governing body. Please refer to Notification and Access Requirements for more information.

To meet these requirements:

  • Employers must generate and download their Executive Summary(s). 

  • Employers must review the document(s) – If there are questions about the gender pay gap, refer to WGEA’s six actions to take to check your GPG guide.

  • Employers must provide the Executive Summary(ies) to the CEO or equivalent, who must share them with the employer’s governing body.

  • If applicable, the Corporate Group Executive Summary can be used instead of or alongside the ABN-level reports.

  • Confirm compliance – Before employers lodge their Gender Equality Report, they must declare that the Executive Summary(ies) have been shared and the legislative requirements have been met.

Note: The requirement applies regardless of the governing body’s location, including if it is based outside Australia.

Frequently Asked Questions

Executive Summary - Governing body review

Q - Do we need to share the Executive Summary and the Industry Benchmark Report at the same time?

No, you do not need to share your Executive Summary(ies) and Industry Benchmark Report(s) at the same time. However, if the Industry Benchmark Report is available and the Executive Summary has not yet been shared, both document must be provided together.

Q - Do we provide the Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report as is?

Yes. These documents cannot be edited.

Q - Do we need to provide evidence of sharing with the governing body?

Yes. Employers must declare in the 2024–25 Questionnaire that the documents have been provided to the governing body.

Q - What if the governing body is not in Australia?

The Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report must be shared with the governing body, regardless of the board’s location.

 

 

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