Employer Statements

Relevant employers can provide a publicly accessible URL or hyperlink (link) to an Employer Statement to sit alongside their gender pay gap (GPG) results published on the WGEA Data Explorer.  

This statement allows employers to communicate with key stakeholders about their gender pay gap and the actions they undertake to address it.

For further information about GPGs, publication and resources to assist employers to reduce their GPG, refer to Gender Pay Gap Publication.

The GPG is a universally recognised metric of workplace gender equality. However, it is only one measure of an employer’s commitment to achieving gender equality in the workplace.

The Employer Statement provides an opportunity for employers to give context to your gender pay gap and what you are doing about it. Ideally, it details the drivers of your gap and the actions you are taking, or plan to take to address them.
 

WGEA's Employer Statement Guide details key steps to develop your statement and how to use it to drive action within your workplace. 

Important: WGEA does not review or warrant the accuracy of your Employer Statement to third parties.  

Employers can create a statement which provides context to the gender pay gap(s) published by WGEA.

From February each year, reporting contacts can upload a publicly accessible link to your Employer Statement via the WGEA Employer Portal. Creating an employer statement and providing a URL link is voluntary.

A link to your Employer Statement will be made visible on WGEA Data Explorer when your gender pay gap is published. It will be situated next to your gender pay gap.

Instructions:

1. Log into the WGEA Employer Portal

2. Select the ‘Employer Statement’ tab

3. Select the organisation/s from the displayed list 

4. Enter the full URL address (starting with ‘https://’) against the selected employer

5. You must read the notice and disclaimer to save your employer statement link.

Upload your link in February

Private sector employers can upload their link any time from 3rd February. However, to ensure your Employer Statement is published on the Data Explorer at the same time as your gender pay gap, you must have uploaded a link by COB 24th February.

The link to your Employer Statement will not go live before gender pay gaps are published. However, you can publish and/or distribute your Employer Statement on your website or elsewhere prior to this time.

Corporate groups

Only the organisations that received their own specific Executive Summary will appear in the Employer Statement list below.

Corporate group employers can provide a link for the publication of a group-wide employer statement as well as a link for an employer statement specific to a subsidiary. If an employer wants their corporate group employer statement to also be published alongside some/all of their subsidiary’s gender pay gaps, then you must add a link for each subsidiary.

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Q - When is the Employer Statement due? 

A URL web address link to your Employer Statement can be uploaded via the ‘Employer Statements’ tab of the WGEA Reporting Portal from approximately 3 February each year.  

To ensure your Employer Statement is published on the Data Explorer at the same time as your Gender Pay Gap, you must have uploaded a link by COB 24 February.

You can upload the link to your Statement, and it will be added to the WGEA Data Explorer in early March when your gender pay gap is published.

Q - Is the Employer Statement compulsory? 

The Employer Statement is not compulsory. An employer statement will provide context to your gender pay gap and any remedial actions your organisation is taking. 

Q - Will there be a template of the Employer Statement provided? 

WGEA will not provide a template for the Employer Statement. However, employers can use the Employer Statement Guide to assist with the process of compiling their Statement.