Reporting Guides

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Reporting Guides are dedicated resources to assist employers to prepare and lodge their Gender Equality Report and meet their compliance requirements.


Gender Equality Reporting Programs

The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (the Act) requires relevant private sector and Commonwealth public sector employers that employ (or are deemed to employ) 100 or more employees in total, to prepare and lodge data annually in one of two Gender Equality Reporting programs.


WGEA provides a (Gender Equality) Reporting Guide for each of the two programs:
 

Private Sector Reporting Guide

This is a guide to assist private sector employers complete their Gender Equality Reporting requirements.

This guide includes:

  • Reporting Overview
  • Preparing to report
  • Reporting compliance
  • Reporting steps
  • Lodgement steps
  • Post lodgement requirements

Lodgement Period: 1 April to 31 May
 

Public Sector Reporting Guide

This is a guide assists Commonwealth public sector employers complete their Gender Equality Reporting requirements.

This guide includes:

  • Reporting Overview
  • Preparing to report
  • Reporting compliance
  • Reporting steps
  • Lodgement steps
  • Post lodgement requirements

Lodgement Period: 1 September to 31 October